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Parliament on unemployment going over 3 million (1982)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons debate on 26/01/82 after the release of the latest Government unemployment figures at over 3 million. Speaking are: Labour Party leader Michael Foot; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Trade union law reform (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the changes proposed in an employment law bill to UK employment law and trade union legislation. With Parliamentary speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 28/01/82 on changes to the bill....
MOD training scheme introduction (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on a Parliamentary debate on the introduction of a Ministry of Defence training scheme for young unemployed people. Speaking are: Defence Secretary John Nott; Foreign Office minister...
Commons debate on DeLorean insolvency (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Allen reports on a House of Commons debate on the insolvency of the Belfast based car manufacturer DeLorean Motor Company and the Government financial package to try and rescue the company. Speaking...
Laker Airways collapse - Parliamentary reaction (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on Parliamentary reaction to the collapse of Laker Airways after the company fell into the hands of the receivers. Speaking are: aviation minister Iain Sproat; Labour MP Norman Atkinson; Labour MP...
Prevention of Terrorism Act - House of Commons debate (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Judith Dawson reports on a Parliamentary debate on proposed Conservative Government legislation aimed at increasing the powers of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Speakers include: Home Secretary, William...
Soviet nuclear capability - House of Commons debate (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Judith Dawson reports on a House of Commons debate on the nuclear weapons defence capability of the Soviet Union and the alleged threat to Western Europe. The debate takes place following comments by Soviet...
House of Commons debate on unemployment (1982)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons debate on the latest unemployment figures and on the possibility of riots occurring again in the UK following recommendations made in the Scarman Report into disturbances in Brixton and...
Commons debate on crime figures (1982)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons debate on the publication of the latest Government crime statistics. Speaking are: former Labour Party leader and ex-Prime Minister James Callaghan; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Dennis...
Falklands war - debate on growing tensions (1982)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary debate on the growing political and military tensions between Britain and Argentina over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. Includes speeches by Leader of the House of Commons Francis Pym...