Results
39,247 results found for all records.
John Eden on voting rights and deposit proposals (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the Chairman of the House of Commons Select Committee on Home Affairs, Sir John Eden, about the issue of raising the deposit candidates pay at elections to one thousand pounds; voting rights...
Housing bill defeated (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Ann Taylor, on a defeat for the Government’s Housing and Building Control Bill intended to give tenants of charitable housing trusts the right to buy their rented properties....
Marquees set up outside Parliament (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Dennis Skinner, criticising the new marquees serving alcohol on the riverside of the Houses of Parliament. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).
Labour election preparations (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Jim Mortimer, Labour Party General Secretary on his party’s preparations and readiness for the forthcoming general election. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).
Argentine relatives Falklands visit (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with Labour MP Tam Dalyell, on an intended visit to the Falkland Islands by Argentine relatives of soldiers killed in the Falklands war in 1982 and the response of the Conservative UK...
Building societies Green Paper (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Environment Secretary Tom King, on Government plans for a Green Paper widening the powers of building societies intended to enable more people to get onto the property ladder. Male interviewer...
Cranley Onslow on Latin America visit (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Cranley Onslow, Minister of State at the Foreign Office, on his return from Latin America where he visited Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Paraguay. He claims the Falklands war with Argentina has...
Michael Foot on civil defence (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party leader Michael Foot on the Conservative Government’s plans for civil defence in the advent of a nuclear attack on the UK. Male interviewer not identified.
Denis Healey on Thatcher and her policies (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech (with excerpts) at the Welsh TUC conference by Labour Party deputy leader Denis Healey where he attacks Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Government’s policies prior to a possible...
David Owen on forthcoming election (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Brian Hayes interviews SDP MP Dr David Owen where he criticises Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Government’s policies prior to a possible forthcoming June general election. Ends abruptly,...