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Employment legislation under committee debate (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the Parliamentary passage of the Government’s new Employment Bill with proposed restrictions on trade union action and secondary picketing. Includes speech to a House of Commons Committee by...
Commons debate on Bristol riots (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a House of Commons debate focusing on the handling by Avon and Somerset Police of the riots in the St Pauls area of Bristol (02/04/80). Speaking are: Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw;...
Phone tapping warrants legislation (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Dave Loyn reports on controversial Government legislation making it easier for phone tapping warrants to be issued in the UK. Speaking are: Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw; Robin Cook, Labour MP;...
New Hebrides uprising (1980)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary statement on 03/06/80 by Peter Blaker, UK Foreign Office minister about an uprising on the colonial (and soon to be independent) New Hebridean island of Espiritu Santo and a possible response...
Moscow Olympics boycott - Commons debate (1980)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary debate on 27/02/80 focusing on the UK Government support of the US boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Speaking are: MPs Tam Dalyell; Hector Monro;...
Westminster Abbey mass for assassinated Oscar Romero (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on a mass at Westminster Abbey in London held for Bishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in his church in El Salvador on 24/03/80. Speaking are: Cardinal Basil Hume; Peter Bottomley MP; Monsignor...
Unemployment figures at record high (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Allen reports on a House of Commons debate following the release of the Government’s latest unemployment figures showing record levels of people out of work in the UK. Speaking are: Employment...
Iranian embassy siege retrospective (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Press conference; Special
Retrospective report on the siege by Arab separarists at the Iranian embassy in London and the subsequent operation by the SAS which ended the crisis, with the US embassy siege in Tehran continuing. Includes...
MPs salary increase (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a House of Commons debate on 07/07/80 on the recommendations of the Top Salaries Review Body and on levels of salary increases for MPs. Speaking are: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Labour...
Commons debate on broadcasting - Criticism of BBC (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a House of Commons debate on the future of broadcasting including criticism of the BBC over a decline in the quality of programming. Speakers are: Labour MP, Andrew Faulds; Conservative MP, Toby...