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  • Jim Swire calls for full investigation into transport security (1990)

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    Interview

    Dr Jim Swire, the father of a Lockerbie bombing victim, speaks to James Matthews about airport security after smuggling a fake semtex bomb through Heathrow Airport to test security levels. Dr Swire has met...

  • Jim Swire on airport security (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Dr Jim Swire speaks about poor security procedures at Heathrow Airport ahead of a meeting with Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson. The father of a Lockerbie bombing victim, Swire smuggled a fake semtex...

  • Walter Marshall on electricity privatisation (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Lord Walter Marshall, who resigned as head of the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), is interviewed on the privatisation of electricity production in the UK and his predictions as to the future...

  • Rail freight grants proposal (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Labour MP Tam Dalyell says he’s hopeful the government will invest more in the railways as a means of improving the environment. The Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson told him that they would consider...

  • Energy Secretary John Wakeham to retire (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Energy Secretary John Wakeham on his decision to retire which follows the departure of Cecil Parkinson, Norman Tebbit and George Younger from Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet. On his career and achievements...