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Michael Heseltine on cuts (1980)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine on the high levels of public expenditure in Britain and the need for greater efficiency and cuts in spending.
Employment legislation under committee debate (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the Parliamentary passage of the Government’s new Employment Bill with proposed restrictions on trade union action and secondary picketing. Includes speech to a House of Commons Committee by...
Commons debate on Bristol riots (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on a House of Commons debate focusing on the handling by Avon and Somerset Police of the riots in the St Pauls area of Bristol (02/04/80). Speaking are: Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw;...
Phone tapping warrants legislation (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Dave Loyn reports on controversial Government legislation making it easier for phone tapping warrants to be issued in the UK. Speaking are: Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw; Robin Cook, Labour MP;...
New Hebrides uprising (1980)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary statement on 03/06/80 by Peter Blaker, UK Foreign Office minister about an uprising on the colonial (and soon to be independent) New Hebridean island of Espiritu Santo and a possible response...
Pope John Paul II’s visit to France (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Special
Report from Paris on the start of the official visit of Pope John Paul II to France. Includes speech by President Valery Giscard d’Estaing (in French) and excerpt from service at Notre Dame Cathedral. Male...
Moscow Olympics boycott - Commons debate (1980)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary debate on 27/02/80 focusing on the UK Government support of the US boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Speaking are: MPs Tam Dalyell; Hector Monro;...
Edward Heath on Brandt Report (1980)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath, responding to the recommendations outlined in the Brandt Report regarding issues of international development and foreign aid. Sound is in mono.
Pope John Paul II’s visit to France with Parc des Princes address (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Speech
Report on the official visit of Pope John Paul II to France and on the current popularity of the Catholic church in the country. Includes excerpt from a service conducted by the Pope at the Parc des Princes...
Westminster Abbey mass for assassinated Oscar Romero (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on a mass at Westminster Abbey in London held for Bishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in his church in El Salvador on 24/03/80. Speaking are: Cardinal Basil Hume; Peter Bottomley MP; Monsignor...