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4 results found for '"Desmond Plummer"' in Contributors.

  • Desmond Plummer on leaving GLC (1975)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir Desmond Plummer, leader of the Greater London Council, has stepped down from his position to concentrate on other pastimes and projects. He describes his career in the capital, and the running of the GLC.

  • British Horseracing Authority (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Desmond Plummer of the Levy Board (currently collects and distributes money) on Royal Commission on Gambling’s recommendation for a new organisation for the horse racing industry to distribute money, the...

  • House of Lords vote on GLC abolition (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Conservative peer Lord Desmond Plummer of Marylebone, on the House of Lords decision to defeat the Government’s bill to abolish the GLC without holding elections. Male interviewer not...

  • Lords vote to abolish GLC (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the House of Lords victory for the Government over their proposals to abolish the GLC and other elected metropolitan governing bodies. With comment from local government minister Kenneth Baker;...