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42 results found for '"Bernard Weatherill"' in Contributors.
Bernard Weatherill elected Speaker (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the election of Bernard Weatherill as the new Speaker of the House of Commons after the 1983 General Election. Speaking are MPs: Humphrey Atkins, Jack Dormand, Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop, Bernard...
Bernard Weatherill elected Speaker (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the election of Bernard Weatherill as the new Speaker of the House of Commons after the 1983 General Election. Speaking are MPs: Humphrey Atkins, Jack Dormand, Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop, Bernard...
Whitelaw becomes Lord and Weatherill Speaker (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on former Conservative Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw taking his seat in the House of Lords as Viscount Whitelaw of Penryth and Bernard Weatherill becoming Speaker of the House of Commons. Speaking...
Look back at parliamentary session (1983)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the Parliamentary session just ending, during which the sale of 500 million pounds’ worth of shares in BP was announced, also that nurses would forego any strike action. Speakers are shadow...
Decision makers (1984)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Speech
Documentary on the Parliamentary year, presented by Richard Bestic. The ups and downs of the year in the Houses of Parliament, covering GCHQ trade union ban; strikes; the Miners’ Strike; use of...
GLC abolition - Debate on postponement (1984)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary debate on the proposed abolition of the GLC and other metropolitan authorities and on whether abolition will be postponed for a further year. The abolition bill has yet to be passed. The...
Commons proceedings - GCHQ union ban (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on proceeding in the House of Commons. Includes debates on the Government decision to ban GCHQ employees from trade union membership following a day of union protest action; on hostages in Angola -...
Day’s events in Parliament (1984)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on former Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan taking his seat in the House of Lords as the first Earl of Stockton and on events in the House of Commons including discussion of Mark Thatcher’s financial...
Gill Pyrah programme (1985)
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- Advertisement; Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; Parliamentary debate; Press conference; Speech; Trailer
Gill Pyrah interviews ornithologist and conservationist, Sir Peter Scott, following the release of his latest volume of diaries, Travel Diaries of a Naturalist. The programme also contains the afternoon’s...
Powell’s Embryo Bill filibustered (1985)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a Parliamentary debate on a bill proposed by Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell, intended to block Government proposals for overseeing research on early human embryos. The report focuses on the...