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  • Robin Cook on the Social Chapter (1996)

    Genre
    Parliamentary debate; Speech

    House of Commons speech by Labour MP and foreign affairs spokesman Robin Cook, on the European Social Chapter, speaking out against the Conservative Government’s decision to opt-out of the working time...

  • World leaders meet in Egypt (1996)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the meeting by world leaders in Egypt today in an effort to get the Middle East peace process back on track and tackle terrorism in the wake of the recent wave of terrorist attacks. Jamie Stevenson...

  • Award acceptance speech (1996)

    Genre
    Speech

    Award acceptance speech by unidentified female. She observes that it is her first nomination, and makes a reference to Jarvis Cocker making the headlines (presumably for his demonstration at the Brit Awards).

  • John Major and Tony Blair visit Dunblane (1996)

    Genre
    Speech

    Prime Minister John Major and Labour leader Tony Blair pay tribute to hospital staff, police and everyone who helped during the shooting at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13/03/96.

  • Dunblane massacre remembrance service (1996)

    Genre
    Speech

    At a remembrance service for those who lost their lives in the Dunblane massacre at Dunblane Primary School on 13/03/96, the Reverend Colin MacIntosh addresses the dead children’s schoolfriends. Four short...

  • Remembrance service for the children of Dunblane (1996)

    Genre
    Speech

    Words spoken by the Reverend Colin MacIntosh during a special remembrance service at Dunblane Cathedral. Follows the massacre at the primary school (13/03/96).

  • Queen’s message of support for people of Dunblane (1996)

    Genre
    Speech

    The Queen gives a message of support and comfort to the people of Dunblane during an official engagement in Leeds. Follows the massacre at the primary school in Dunblane (13/03/96).

  • Yorkshire Water inquiry (1996)

    Genre
    Speech

    Unidentified female speaker expresses hope that inquiry will look into what went wrong for Yorkshire Water and that events of last year in West Yorkshire will never be repeated.

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (1996)

    Genre
    Parliamentary debate; Speech

    House of Commons statement by Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell on the findings of a committee set up to analyse the transmission pattern of CJD, which has now struck ten people under 42 years of age within...

  • Public needs BSE facts (1996)

    Genre
    Speech

    House of Commons statement by shadow Health Secretary Harriet Harman, on a fall in public confidence in the wake of the BSE outbreak. Says that the public need the full facts and honest advice. Makes a...