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79 results found for '"Gordon Brown"' in Contributors.
Scottish Labour conference (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the proceedings of the sixty-eighth Scottish Labour Party conference in Perth with party unity a key issue. Includes speeches by: Tom Smith, NUPE; Joe Devine, COHSE; Norman Buchan MP; Gordon Brown,...
General election - Gordon Brown on poverty (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Gordon Brown, Labour’s regional affairs spokesman, on Labour Party policies to relieve poverty, prior to the 1987 General Election. Interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Deeley or Douglas...
General election - Gordon Brown on education (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Gordon Brown, Labour’s regional affairs spokesman, on the Conservative Government’s plan to introduce fees for education extras. (Scottish) male interviewer not identified.
Nigel Lawson faces critics in Commons (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports on a parliamentary debate during which UK Chancellor Nigel Lawson faced up to his critics in the wake of Britain’s trade deficit hitting record levels, high interest rates, and rising...
Commons debate on child benefit freeze (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports from Westminster on scenes in the Commons yesterday over the probable child benefits freeze for the second year, at Question Time, where Margaret Thatcher was refusing to speak about it....
Labour recruitment drive (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews Labour Party treasury spokesman, Gordon Brown, about the launch of a recruitment drive to boost party membership, following a dramatic fall in support. For AM programme.
Nicholas Ridley speech on Barlow Clowes Savings Group (1989)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
In 2 parts. 1: Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley announces in Parliament that investors in the collapsed Barlow Clowes Savings Group are to receive substantial tax free ex-gratia payments from the...
Commons debate on pre-Budget Autumn Statement (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on the Commons debate on the pre-Budget Autumn Statement. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson defends the need to control inflation by raising interest rates. Shadow Treasury...
Commons debates Iraqi supergun seizure (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the House of Commons debate over the UK customs seizure at Middlesbrough of steel tubes that were to form part of a giant gun destined for Iraq contrary to the current arms export embargo to the...
Privatisation of Rover - illegal sweeteners (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports from Westminster on how the Government’s use of financial incentives to British Aerospace in order to reach a deal during the sale and privatisation of British Aerospace’s subsidiary...