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24 results found for '"David Penhaligon"' in Contributors.
Disorderly conduct in the House of Commons (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Ed Boyle and Peter Allen report on a particularly disorderly sitting of the House of Commons (27/05/76). With contributions from Conservative Michael Heseltine, Scottish nationalist Winnie Ewing, and Liberal...
Liberal conference (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Speeches from and reports on the 1977 Liberal Party conference in Brighton. The speakers include: Clement Freud; David Steel; Peter Allen; David Penhaligon; Jeremy Thorpe; Cyril Smith; David Worsthorne(?);...
Liberal-Labour pact continues (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Ed Boyle reports on the decision to continue the Liberal-Labour (Lib-Lab) pact after a debate on the issue of proportional representation. Includes interviews with Liberal leader David Steel; Liberal MP...
Labour-Liberal Alliance - Penhaligon view (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Liberal MP David Penhaligon about an official alliance between the Liberal and Labour Parties. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).
Taunton train fire (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the fatal Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78, in which 11 rail passengers (at this point) died. We hear from the House of Commons, where Bill Rodgers offers condolences to the families of the...
David Penhaligon on Concorde’s sonic boom (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
David Penhaligon, MP for Truro, on the Concorde sonic boom, about which some 40 of his constituents have complained. He says an ideal situation would be for the planes to fly supersonically only once they...
Windscale protest in London (1978)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Liberal MP David Penhaligon and National Union of Mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill speak at a London rally against the stepping-up of processing at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria. Starts with...
David Penhaligon on end of Lib-Lab Pact (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Liberal MP for Truro, David Penhaligon welcomes the end of the pact between the Labour and Liberal Parties. Male interviewer not identified.
Liberal Party votes to maintain Lib-Lab pact (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report by Ed Boyle following the conclusion of the Liberal Party Assembly in Blackpool which decided on the continuation of the Lib-Lab pact despite factions in the party being against it. Contains speech by...
David Penhaligon on unions (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Walden interviews David Penhaligon on workers’ rights and trade unions. (Possibly a recording of a TV interview from Weekend World?).