Title

Douglas Hurd on terrorism bill

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

6 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:04

Description

Parliamentary speech by Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, defending the Government’s proposed Prevention of Terrorism bill which means suspects can be held for up to seven days. The proposals are a possible infringement of human rights and differ from the four days which the European Court of Human Rights has deemed acceptable. Audio poor quality (sound muffled, volume low).

Contributors

Douglas Hurd

Keywords

Legislation; Government; Parliamentary bills; Terrorism; Cabinet ministers

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