LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Clapham rail crash

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

13 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

Richard Bestic reports from Westminster, on a parliamentary debate on the Clapham Junction rail crash (12/12/88) in which questions were raised about passenger safety. Includes speeches by John Prescott; Andrew Hunter; Paul Channon. Also includes excerpt from Downing Street press conference with Margaret Thatcher.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Richard Bestic; John Prescott; Andrew Hunter; Paul Channon

Keywords

London; Government; UK; Great Britain; Railways; Safety; Railway accidents; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988)

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