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  • New legislation may see criminals pay for their crimes (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Jeff Collins reports on the new Proceeds of Crime Act which is designed to claw back the proceeds of crime and deter criminals. It will allow courts to assume that all an offender’s assets have been...

  • MPs should register interests (1995)

    Genre
    News report

    Political editor Ed Boyle reports from Westminster to studio reporter Rachel (Salaman?) on the Commons Select Committee on standards in public life recommendation that MPs should declare interests in a...

  • Sleaze and MPs earnings likely to be election issue (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Robert Allen speaks to Conservative Party worker Percy King and members of the public in the London constituency of Hayes and Harlington, about the relevance of so-called sleaze as a factor in the next...

  • Playboy TV launches on BSkyB (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special; Vox pop

    The Methodist Church has withdrawn nearly a million pounds worth of shares in Sky TV. Church elders are irate about the company’s decision to carry the new Playboy TV channel which was launched today....

  • No protection for victims of abuse (1995)

    Genre
    Discussion; Interview; News report

    The Conservative commitment to marriage and the family has led to another Government bill being shelved. This time moves to protect victims of domestic violence have been put on hold after a protest from a...

  • Domestic violence bill shelved (1995)

    Genre
    Discussion; Interview

    Interview with Chairman of the Law Commission, Henry Brooke, who worked on the draft document upon which the Conservative Government’s domestic violence bill was based. Now the bill has been shelved after...

  • Lord Chancellor discusses domestic violence bill (1995)

    Genre
    Discussion; Interview

    Peter Deeley interviews Lord James Mackay (Derry Irvine) about the shelving of the Conservative Government’s domestic violence bill after right-wing Tory bankbenchers complained that a part of the bill...

  • Security issue at 10 Downing Street (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Colonel Mike Dewar from the Institute of Stategic Studies about a security breach at Number 10 Downing Street, and other Government offices after a reporter and colleague entered the premises...

  • Nursery voucher scheme - NCNE view (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Margaret Lally from the National Campaign for Nursery Education (NCNE), about the possible problems created by the Conservative Government’s new nursery voucher scheme. Female interviewer...

  • Commons debates over sleaze (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Political editor Ed Boyle reports on House of Commons proceedings with debate focussing on the issue of so-called sleaze in Government, prior to the publication of Lord Nolan’s report on Standards in...