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Chancellor’s mini-budget - Reaction to speech (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary correspondent Max Cotton reports on Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s mini-budget (08/12/94). His decision to use duty on drinks, cigarettes, and petrol to balance the books has not gone down well...
UK Government to hold talks with Sinn Fein - PM’s announcement (1994)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons speech by Prime Minister John Major in which he confirms the Government is to hold talks with Ulster loyalists, in the wake of a first meeting with Sinn Fein. The PM told the House he hoped...
Defeat for Government on taxation (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary correspondent Max Cotton looks back at the past few days in Parliament and the unveiling of Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s mini-budget following a defeat for the Government over its plans to...
John Major in European row (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary correspondent Max Cotton reports on reaction to remarks by UK Prime Minister, John Major, in which he described European leaders as not being able to locate their own parliaments with a guide...
18 million-pound National Lottery win (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Chris Chambers reports on a record eighteen million-pound National Lottery payout to a factory worker who has asked to remain anonymous. The size of the win has sparked debate in the House of Commons, with...
Debate on European integration (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Political correspondent Max Cotton reports on a Parliamentary debate in which Prime Minister John Major was questioned over his stance on European integration. The debate followed comments made by the PM...
Tony Benn sacked from cash for questions committee (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Chris Whipp reports on the sacking of veteran Labour MP, Tony Benn, from the House of Commons committee investigating the cash for questions affair. The move followed Tony Benn’s publication of his own...
Betty Boothroyd on banning of researchers (1994)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary statement by Speaker, Betty Boothroyd on the banning of two House of Commons researchers from Westminster for two months after they were caught in Labour leader Tony Blair’s private office....
Douglas Hurd on Pergau Dam ruling (1994)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary statement by UK Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd following a Government announcement that it will continue to fund the Pergau Dam project in Kuala Yong, Kelantan, Malaysia despite a High Court...
Debate on rail privatisation (1994)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary debate on rail privatisation in which Prime Minister John Major dismisses claims by the Opposition that the programme threatens to reduce the number of people using the network by half. The...