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17 results found for '"John Biggs"' in Contributors.
Labour nationalisation plans (1974)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on political reaction to the contents of the Queenâs Speech opening Parliament, with excerpts of speech. Coverage including Labour Government’s plan to nationalise industry, and Conservative...
John Biggs-Davison reaction to Prince Philip’s speech (1977)
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- Interview
Conservative MP, John Biggs-Davison gives his reaction to the Platform Towards 2000 broadcast on Radio Clyde by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Female interviewer not identified.
John Biggs-Davison on the death penalty for terrorists (1977)
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- Interview
John Biggs-Davison, Conservative MP, on the death penalty for terrorists and the international repsonse to terrorism. Male interviewer not identified.
New IRA campaign in Northern Ireland (1978)
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- Interview
Conservative MP John Biggs-Davison on the new terrorist campaign by the IRA in Northern Ireland. On his party having warned that Northern Ireland Secretary Roy Mason had been making complacent assumptions...
John Biggs-Davison on resignation from Shadow Cabinet (1978)
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- Interview
Conservative MP John Biggs-Davison explains his reasons for resigning his position in Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher’s Shadow Cabinet. Biggs-Davison says he cannot abstain from a parliamentary vote...
Pope’s visit to Northern Ireland (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Biggs-Davison, Conservative Party spokesman on Northern Ireland, on the vist of Pope John Paul II to the province, and the hopes that peace may ensue. The Pope’s safety is also...
Pope to visit Northern Ireland? (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP John Biggs-Davison, about the possible visit of Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) to Northern Ireland during his visit to Ireland. Male interviewer not identified.
John Biggs-Davison on letter bomb (1981)
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- Interview
Sir John Biggs-Davison on a letter bomb addressed to him which was intercepted by workers in the House of Commons post office. He says he may have been targeted because of his involvement in Northern Irish...
Conservative conference - Northern Ireland debate (1981)
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- News report; Speech
Report on the debate on Northern Ireland at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. Northern Ireland Secretary Jim Prior and Sir John Biggs-Davison MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Northern Ireland...
Decision makers (1982)
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- Interview; Documentary; Press conference; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Trailer
Decision Makers on news of the invasion of the Falkland Islands, inconsistencies over when the government knew about the invasion, options in dealing with the crisis and its effect on the goverment....