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Electrical contractors strike (1978)
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Interview with Wallace Hall, Holliday Hall & Co, Ltd (electrical contractors) on strike involving its two thousand electricians and being blacklisted by the Government for breaking the agreed pay policy....
CBI on pay policy (1978)
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Interview with Richard Dixon, CBI, on their opposition to new sanctions in the Labour Government’s pay policy, although they support pay moderation to keep inflation down. They are recommending companies...
Robert Kilroy-Silk on pay policy (1978)
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Interview with Robert Kilroy-Silk MP, on government’s latest efforts to keep companies within pay guidelines. Says situation has now been clarified and new clauses in contracts with companies will mostly...
Albert Booth on pay policy (1978)
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Interview with Albert Booth MP, defending the Government’s decision to continue blacklisting companies that break the agreed pay policy. Interviewer not identified.
Bill to allow appeal on lenient sentences defeated (1978)
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Labour MP Jack Ashley interviewed following the defeat in the Commons of his Bill to give the prosecution the right of appeal on lenient sentences. On his belief that Parliament will catch up with public...
Labour proposals to nationalize building industry (1978)
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Conservative MP Michael Heseltine opposing Labour proposals for the nationalisation of the building industry. On the Labour government having aggravated the decline of the industry and its unemployment...
Gas prices and the need for a long term energy policy (1978)
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Secretary of State for Energy, Tony Benn on gas prices having remained low whilst coal and electric are having to cope with increases. On discussions for a long term energy policy, in view of concerns over...
Scottish devolution referendum (1978)
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Scottish Labour MP Dennis Canavan on the defeat of his amendment to the bill to have the result of the devolution referendum in Scotland decided by majority decision. In light of the Commons vote to accept...
Scottish devolution referendum (1978)
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Following the Commons vote to accept a forty percent minimum requirement in the devolution referendum in Scotland, SNP MP Donald Stewart denounces the vote as ballot rigging by Labour MP Jack Cunningham and...
Teddy Taylor on the Scottish Devolution Bill (1978)
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Following the Commons vote to accept a forty percent minimum requirement in the devolution referendum in Scotland, Scottish Conservative MP Teddy Taylor argues if there were a free vote in Parliament on the...