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Parliamentary session including Scott report (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Mark Demery reports on the first Parliamentary session after the Whitsun recess and the troubles facing the government regarding Lord Justice Scott’s leaked report into the arms to Iraq scandal. With...
Heseltine on arms to Iraq affair (1995)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary speech by Michael Heseltine, President of the Board of Trade, reacting to fresh leaks from the still-to-be published findings of Lord Justice Scott’s Arms to Iraq inquiry.
Michael Howard defends record over prisons (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Political correspondent Max Cotton reports on a Parliamentary debate where Michael Howard has made a ferocious defence of his record as the head of the prison service after Labour formally demanded the Home...
Fred West biography (1995)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Excerpt from Prime Minister’s Question Time where Gloucester MP Douglas French raises the issue of an official biography of the alleged mass murderer and constituent, Fred West. Rights to the book have...
Nolan Report published (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Nick Wood reports for London News 97.3 on the background to the Nolan Report regarding standards in public life which recommends MPs disclose all income and on the upcoming Commons debate on its proposal....
Defeat for Government following Nolan Report (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Press conference; Speech
Parliamentary reporter Mark Demery reports back on a humiliating defeat in the House of Commons for the Government over the issue of whether MPs should reveal how much they earn through activities outside...
IRA terrorists return to custody (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Brian Ging reports from the Irish Republic on the return to custody of suspected IRA terrorists Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McCauley following an extradition order from Britain and looks back at the case...
Commons sleaze debate (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary correspondent Mark Demery reports from the Commons the day after the debate on the disclosure of MPs’ outside earnings and subsequent opposition victory in the sleaze vote. Includes Commons...
Review of parliamentary session 94-95 (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview; Parliamentary debate
As the Commons is prorogued today ahead of next week’s Queen’s speech, political correspondent Max Cotton looks back on a difficult session for the Conservative Party with allegations of sleaze and...
Announcement of Chancellor’s budget (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech; Vox pop
Parliamentary correspondent Mark Demery reports from Westminster on the announcement of the Budget with proposed limited tax cuts and a reduction in public spending. Includes Budget speech by Chancellor...