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17 results found for '"Merlyn Rees"' in Keywords.
Police Federation conference (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker (poss. chairman of Police Constables) at the Police Federation conference in Scarborough, about a review of the current police wage claim. The speaker talks about...
Agee and Hosenball deportation (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Judith Hart on the demonstration against the deportation of Philip Agee and Mark Hosenball and on her disbelief that Home Secretary Merlyn Rees is sanctioning a secret hearing of the...
Mark Hosenball deportation (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
US journalist Mark Hosenball setting out the reasons why he thinks he is being deported following Time Out articles on British intelligence and in particular the Cheltenham coding establishment and denying...
Police wage claims (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report by Peter Spencer on a speech by Merlyn Rees, UK Home Secretary, to the London Metropolitan Police on crime and police pay claims. Urges police not to strike. Hostile reception by police at the meeting...
Reginald Eyre on immigrant amnesty (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP Reginald Eyre in which he says it is wrong to grant an amnesty to illegal immigrants; he is concerned about crimes that may have been committed by immigrants during their...
Firemen’s strike - public support (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the firemen’s strike over wages and the support for the strike by the general public. Includes children shouting at pickets and cars hooting; interviews with local union leader Peter Edwards and...
Firemen’s strike - True cost of strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker on the true cost of the firemen’s strike and how the money spent on the army and advertising fire prevention measures could have been spent on the firemen’s...
NF march banning order (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Page MP criticising the decision of Merlyn Rees, Home Secretary, to ban a National Front demonstration in Ilford, Essex and allow a previous march by a left-wing group. Defends right to...
David Duke in UK (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Rose MP, on the decision of Merlyn Rees, Home Secretary, to deport David Duke, Ku-Klux Klan Grand Wizard, from Britain. Interviewer not identified.
George Rodgers on police corruption inquiry (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
George Rodgers, Labour MP for Chorley, on an investigation into corruption within the Lancashire Police. The Chief Constable of Lancashire, Stanley Parr, was dismissed by the Lancashire Police Authority in...