Parliamentary response to Toxteth and Southall riots
- Title
- Parliamentary response to Toxteth and Southall riots
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 7 Jul 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:03:53
- Description
- Report on Parliamentary debate following the riots in Toxteth, Liverpool and Southall, London. Includes statement by Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw pledging full support for the police and issue of protective clothing and headgear; shadow Home Secretary Roy Hattersley holding the Government responsible for the social conditions and high levels of youth unemployment in the inner cities. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- William Whitelaw; Roy Hattersley
- Keywords
- London; Law enforcement; Social problems; Police; Liverpool; Violence; Social conditions; Southall; Riots; Toxteth; Urban areas; Youth unemployment; Asphyxiating and poisonous gases; Protective clothing; Helmets
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