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993 results found for all records.
Anglo-Irish Agreement debate (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a House of Commons debate on the Anglo-Irish Agreement and Irish Foreign Minister, Peter Barry’s statement criticising the RUC and the British Government for their handling of the Ulster loyalist...
Naming of doctor accused of child rape (1986)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
Report on a House of Commons debate in which Conservative MP, Geoffrey Dickens is criticised for naming (in a written question) a doctor, Raymond Colin Burt, accused of child rape by the doctor’s MP,...
Anglo-Irish extraditions (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a House of Commons debate calling for a review of Anglo-Irish extradition legislation after a warrant failed to extradite known IRA terrorist Evelyn Glenholmes on a legal technicality. Speeches by...
Commons debates nuclear safety and prisons (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the day’s deliberations in the House of Commons with fears for UK nuclear safety allayed following the Chernobyl disaster in the USSR- speeches by PM Margaret Thatcher and Environment Secretary...
Margaret Thatcher says sanctions will not work (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on pressure on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to review the situation vis-a-vis sanctions against South Africa. Thatcher is questioned in the House of Commons by Michael Hurst, David Steel, Roy...
House of Commons debate on South Africa (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Report containing excerpts from a heated House of Commons debate in which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher argues that economic sanctions will only cause problems in South Africa, such as unemployment and...
Margaret Thatcher, South Africa and the Queen (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and South Africa: whether Thatcher will hold personal talks with the leader of South Africa, her visit to the Queen after the revelation that the Palace may not...
John Stalker accused of consorting with criminals (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, John Stalker has been accused of consorting with known felons. Kevin Taylor, who has never been charged with any offence but is under investigation, is a...
Margaret Thatcher attacked for use of civil servants (1986)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary debate (24/11/86) in which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is attacked for her misuse and scapegoating of a civil servant, Jim Coe (Thatcher’s deputy chief press secretary). Speakers are...
Lord Rothschild appeals to be cleared of spy charges (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on Lord Rothschild (Victor Rothschild) making an unprecedented public appeal to be cleared of allegations that he is a Soviet spy. At Prime Minister’s Question Time, Tim Brinton and Roy Hattersley...