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13 results found for '"Sydney Bidwell"' in Contributors.
Eric Heffer sacked from cabinet (1975)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Ed Boyle reports on sacking of Eric Heffer from the cabinet, split in the Labour Government on EEC and trouble Prime Minister Harold Wilson is now in. Reaction from Sydney Bidwell; Heffer denies bitterness,...
Syd Bidwell on race relations (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Tony Tucker interviews Southall MP Sydney Bidwell, about his new book on race relations, entitled Red, White and Black, and on new legislation aimed at improving race relations including the setting up of...
Sydney Bidwell on West Indian education (1977)
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- Interview
Interview with Sydney Bidwell MP, on his report on problems of West Indian education in UK schools and also comments on people from ethnic groups moving into politics and becoming MPs. Barbara Kelly asks him...
Extract of Prince Philipâs broadcast and Sydney Bidwellâs reaction (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Excerpt from a broadcast (entitled Platform Towards 2000) on Radio Clyde by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Include the response of Labour politician Sydney Bidwell. Female interviewer not identified.
Racial abuse trial feedback (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Sydney Bidwell MP discusses the recent acquittal of John Kingsley Read, charged with racial abuse. Bidwell says the acquittal was unreasonable, and that Judge Neil McKinnon, who presided over the case, was...
Sydney Bidwell on committee report on immigration (1978)
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- Interview
Labour MP for Southall, Sydney Bidwell defends the findings of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Immigration. Female interviewer not identified.
Sydney Bidwell on import control (1978)
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- Interview
Tribune Group Labour MP Sydney Bidwell criticising Labour Government economic policy over unemployment and on import control as a method for preventing unemployment. Male interviewer not identified.
Shirley Summerskill removed from Immigration (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP for Southall Sydney Bidwell, on Home Office Under-Secretary Dr Shirley Summerskill’s removal from Immigration. He expresses dissatisfaction with decisions made in the department during...
Bidwell on Southall race riots (1979)
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- Interview
Sydney Bidwell, Labour MP, attacks Home Secretary, William Whitelaw’s statement on Southall race riots in April 1979. Discusses race relations in the Southall area.
Sydney Bidwell on Southall riot (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Southall Labour MP Sydney Bidwell about the clashes in Southall, London between the Asian community, skinheads and police. He and the local community say outsiders were drafted into the area...