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993 results found for all records.
Lunch queues at the European Parliament (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Prue Keely reports on lunch queues at the new European Parliament. Includes speech by an unidentified British MP addressing the Parliament on the problem.
Common Agricultural Policy needs reform, says Callaghan (1979)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Labour Party leader James Callaghan gives a speech in Parliament in which he states that the Conservative Government needs to reform the Common Agricultural Policy.
Jeremy Thorpe trial witnesses (1979)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons debate which focuses on the prosecution witnesses in the Jeremy Thorpe trial at the Old Bailey after allegations their evidence was denigrated because of the acceptance of newspaper...
Parliamentary debate including on Jeremy Thorpe trial (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a House of Commons debate which focuses on the prosecution witnesses in the Jeremy Thorpe trial at the Old Bailey after allegations their evidence was denigrated because of acceptance of newspaper...
Jeremy Thorpe trial - Parliamentary debate (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a House of Commons debate which focuses on the prosecution witnesses in the Jeremy Thorpe trial at the Old Bailey after allegations their evidence was denigrated because of the acceptance of...
Butter subsidy debate (1979)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary debate featuring Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Peter Walker and his Labour shadow Roy Mason on a deal on the EEC butter subsidy following European negotiations in Luxembourg.
MPs’ pay rise (1979)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary speech by Leader of the House of Commons Norman St John-Stevas, about contentious proposals for an increase in MPs’ salaries.
MPs’ pay rise (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a Parliamentary debate about contentious proposals for an increase in MPs’ salaries following the recommendations of the Boyle Committee. Also contains debates on cuts in the Manpower Services...
PM’s question time - Whitelaw stands in (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Murphy reports on Prime Minister’s Question Time in the House of Commons, with deputy leader Willie Whitelaw standing in for the absent Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who is at the Tokyo Summit....
Vietnamese refugee crisis (1979)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary debate between Home Secretary Willie (William) Whitelaw and David Ennals, Labour home affairs spokesman about the international refugee crisis regarding the Vietnamese boat people .