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  • Crime on streets (1979)

    Genre
    Speech

    Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, James Anderton, speaks out against gangs of youths causing trouble on the streets of Britain, and states harsher penal sentences would work as a deterrent.

  • Police plea in Yorkshire Ripper case (1979)

    Genre
    Speech

    Yorkshire police spokesman on the lack of prostitutes coming forward to pass on possible valuable information in the Yorkshire Ripper case. Police urge anyone to come forward with anything that may help.

  • TUC on microprocessors (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Report by Vivian White on a TUC conference on microtechnology and whether to be for or against technological change. Speaking are Len Murray TUC General Secretary; conference chairman and Deputy General...

  • Scottish devolution debate (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Report on Scottish devolution debate in Parliament. With speeches by Michael Foot for Labour opposition; Malcolm Rifkind for Conservative Government.

  • Keith Joseph on free enterprise (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a speech by Industry Secretary Keith Joseph, at the Industrial Society, on virtues of free enterprise (with excerpts). Male reporter not identified.

  • Jim Prior on Bullock report (1979)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by Jim Prior, Employment Minister, about the Bullock Report on industrial democracy.

  • Astrid Proll extradition (1979)

    Genre
    Speech

    Statement by Larry Grant, lawyer, on behalf of Astrid Proll, Red Army Faction, on the case for her extradition to Germany for trial.

  • Sale of council houses (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Speech by John Stanley, Minister for Housing, in Parliamentary debate about sale of council houses. Followed by interview cricitising the Conservative Government’s proposed sale of council houses- male...

  • Commissioner McNee on police corruption (1979)

    Genre
    Speech

    Sir David McNee, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, addresses the Langham Trust about police corruption.

  • Whitelaw on police Special Patrol Group (1979)

    Genre
    Parliamentary debate; Speech

    In a speech in the House of Commons, Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw says the presence of the Police Special Patrol Group (SPG) was justified at the Southall race riots in April 1979. Includes a statement on...