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Mick McGahey on Deep Duffryn Colliery closure (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Vice-President of the NUM, Mick Mcgahey, gives a speech at the NUM annual conference in Jersey supporting the miners at Deep Duffryn Colliery, which faces closure.
Disunity at NUM conference (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Graham White? reports on the NUM annual conference in Jersey where evidence of disunity has become apparent between President Joe Gormley, and the leader of the Yorkshire division, Arthur Scargill, on how...
Mark Carlisle speech on education budget cuts (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by education minister Mark Carlisle on proposed education budget cuts which will allow savings to be made at local level on items such as school meals, and on Government plans to provide...
Commons debate on NHS report (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Spencer reports on the Commons debate over the recommendations of the NHS Royal Commission report, and the broader financing of the service with government proposals to link private insurance schemes...
NHS report recommendations (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the recommendations of the NHS Royal Commission report, including the abolition of health service charges and discussions with the TUC to avert industrial action. Includes interviews with...
Parliamentary debates on industry and welfare (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary report by John Armstrong. Includes Industry Secretary Sir Keith Joseph’s announcement of planned cuts in regional development aid to industrial problem areas, and debate over closure of the...
Parliamentary row over regional aid cut (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Murphy Parliamentary report on Industry Secretary Sir Keith Joseph’s announcement of planned cuts in regional development aid to industrial problem areas, and the row over the delayed arrival of the...
US arrest in sex in chains case (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on the North Carolina arrest of former beauty queen Joyce McKinney and Keith May, on the run since jumping bail in Britain on charges that they kidnapped her former lover, Mormon missionary Kirk...
Benefit payment delays (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on Parliamentary debate on the delay in child benefit and pensions payments following the introduction of new computer technology and industrial action. Includes speeches by Conservative MP Andrew...
Lord Carrington on Vietnamese boat people (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) at the UN conference on Indo-Chinese refugees in Geneva. On international concern over the exodus of the Vietnamese boat people caused by the...