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993 results found for all records.
Impact of Gulf War on UK economy (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
UK Treasury Secretary David Mellor has met with the Treasury Select Committee to discuss the effect of the Gulf War on the economy. Despite the recession, it was decided that there should be no restrictions...
U-turn over cold weather payments (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on the Parliamentary debate over the special payments promised for the elderly during the cold winter with the Government making a partial u-turn. Speakers are Social...
Gulf War - Civilian bombing (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on a bomb shelter that was hit in Iraq. US Brigadier General Richard Neill talks about why they thought it was a military target; Peter Arnett of CNN talks about the scene at the bomb shelter; UK...
Gulf War - Civilian deaths, Kuwaitis, US deaths and UN Security Council (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on how the estimate of Iraqi civilian fatalities sustained in the bombing of a bunker has been reduced. UK Prime Minister, John Major speaks in the House of Commons; Kuwaiti colonel, Abdullah...
Gorbachev plan for peace in Iraq (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Press conference
Report on a proposal by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev for peace in Iraq presented to UK Prime Minister John Major and US President George H W Bush and whether a land battle will now go ahead. With...
Allies reject Iraqi offer to withdraw (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on Baghdad Radio speech by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein who says he is confident of victory in the Gulf war. Speaking through an interpreter, he criticises the allied rejection of the offer he made...
Prison conditions (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the findings of the Woolf report, which recommends improvement of conditions in prisons. Comments from an inmate at Pentonville prison in London; Chairman of the Prison Officers Association, John...
Telecoms monopoly to end (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Commons debate between Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Lilley and shadow Industry Secretary Gordon Brown about plans to end the BT and Mercury monopoly of the telecommunications industry in...
Gulf war ends - Major praises armed forces (1991)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Speech in Parliament by Prime Minister John Major praising the efforts of the armed forces in the Gulf war following the end of the campaign.
Neil Kinnock on Gulf war victory (1991)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Speech in Parliament by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock on the victory in the Gulf war and the need to prevent aggression in the future.