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18 results found for '"Chris Smith"' in Contributors.

  • Chris Smith on drinking water ruling (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Rowley interviews Labour Party environment spokesman Chris Smith about a ruling by the European Court that British water companies have not maintained sufficient standards of purity in drinking water....

  • Budget VAT on fuel reaction (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Interview; Speech

    Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on concern over VAT being added to domestic fuel as announced in the Budget and its effects on pensioners and those less well off. Includes Commons speeches by...

  • Homosexual age of consent (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    David Kermode reports on the campaign by an all-party group of MPs to lower the age of consent for homosexual sex to 16 (currently 21), a free vote will be taken on the proposed amendment to the Criminal...

  • Row over Lottery winner’s identity (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Victoria Smith reports on investigations into whether National Lottery organiser Camelot has made sufficient efforts to protect a winner’s identity following a record eighteen million-pound payout....

  • Media ownership Green Paper (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Chris Smith, Shadow Heritage Secretary, broadly welcoming the Government Green Paper on control of media ownership. Interviewer not heard or identified.

  • Donald MacCormick’s Yearbook 1995, Part 1 (1995)

    Genre
    Discussion; Interview; Special

    Part 1 of Donald MacCormick’s Yearbook 1995 on News 97.3, looks back on the interviews and discussions on the programmes since June. Discussion on 50th anniversary of atomic bombing at Hiroshima with...

  • Leak on social security cuts (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    News reports and studio interview following the leaking of a letter by Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley to Chief Secretary to the Treasury William Waldegrave which suggests the government may be...

  • Long term care for the elderly (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    UK Prime Minister John Major has unveiled a new plan to help the elderly pay for long term care, at the Conservative conference in Harrogate. Labour’s social security spokesman Chris Smith says it’s...