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  • Children not allowed to watch Romeo and Juliet (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Vox pop

    Havovi Todd reports for Drivetime on headmistress Jane Hardman Brown refusing to let children from Kingsmead Primary School on a Hackney estate watch Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet at Covent Garden...

  • George Galloway visits Iraq and praises Saddam (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Interview

    Peter Russell reports from the House of Commons on negative reaction after Labour MP George Galloway appeared to praise Saddam Hussein while in Iraq. Commons speeches at Prime Minister’s Question Time from...

  • More people to pay tax (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Russell reports from the House of Commons on attacks on the Government following revelations 400,000 more low-paid workers will now have to pay income tax due to proposals in the Budget. Includes...

  • Rover sale debate in Commons (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Murphy reports from the House of Commons, where a debate about the takeover of Rover by BMW rages. Opinions - including those of Conservative MP, Cheryl Gillan, Prime Minister John Major, and...

  • Commons debates air strikes on Sarajevo (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Russell reports from the House of Commons at Prime Minister’s Question Time. Labour leader John Smith says air attacks should be carried out on Sarajevo. Prime Minister John Major says the objectives...

  • UK suspends aid convoys to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Russell reports from Westminster on Prime Minister’s Question Time following news that Britain is to suspend aid convoys to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The decision was taken after NATO threatened air...

  • Reaction to Clothier Report (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Interview

    David Addis reports on reaction to the Clothier Report, in which hospital staff were criticised for missing vital clues to what was happening. Nurse, Beverley Allitt was found guilty of murdering four...

  • Major criticised on Europe (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Political editor Ed Boyle reports on a Parliamentary debate where Prime Minister John Major faced criticism from both sides of the House over his handling of Britain’s veto power within the European...

  • John Major on European veto (1994)

    Genre
    Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Recording of a Parliamentary debate where John Major tells the Commons Britain will not block new countries from joining the European Union in 01/95. The Prime Minister confirms to the House the cabinet has...

  • Northern Line improvements (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech; Vox pop

    Havovi Todd reports on proposed improvements to the Northern Line route of London’s underground network with funding from the Government’s Private Finance Initiative. The plans come after the offer of a...