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33 results found for '"David Young"' in Contributors.

  • Government EEC single market campaign launched (1988)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by Trade and Industry Secretary, Lord Young (David Young), at the launch of a Government awareness campaign aiming to make British business appreciate the challenges and opportunities offered by the...

  • Lord Young on Rover merger proposal (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Secretary of State for Trade & Industry, Lord (David) Young, interviewed on the bid for the Rover group by British Aerospace and the potential of them being a suitable buyer. Male reporter not identified....

  • Soviet-British trade talks (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Michael O’Neill reports on a meeting between Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev and CBI chiefs, and on talks on the state of Soviet trade. Lord Young talks about what was discussed, how some sales...

  • Young on pub sell-off plans (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Trade Secretary, Lord Young (David Young), about proposed Government measures to curtail the monopoly of Britain’s top six brewing giants with the promise of cheaper beer in pubs. Lord Young...

  • British reaction to Gorbachev speech on nuclear weapons (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Rowley reports on the British reaction to Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev’s speech on nuclear weapons. Labour leader Neil Kinnock talks about how the speech caught Margaret Thatcher off-foot, and...

  • Lord Young on leaked Harrods report (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Trade Secretary Lord Young (David Young) talks about the leaked Harrods report: how there are a few thousand copies around, whether they can get an unbiased jury, the possibility of a prosecution, whether...

  • Lord Young on GEC-Siemens takeover bid for Plessey (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Trade and Industry Secretary, Lord Young (David Young) confirms that the joint takeover bid by GEC and Siemens for the Plessey company, which supplies electronics to the Ministry of Defence, will be referred...

  • Rover sale to British Aerospace (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Special; Speech

    Peter Murphy reports on the House of Commons select committee meeting about the sale of Rover to British Aerospace following allegations of Government payments to sweeten the deal. Includes former Trade and...

  • Lord Young on his political life (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Politician and businessman Lord Young of Graffham (David Young) talks to Michael Parkinson about his autobiography- The Enterprise Years: a Businessman in the Cabinet and criticism of it by Norman Tebbit who...

  • Lord Young’s memoirs published (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Michael Parkinson interviews former Trade Secretary, Lord Young (David Young), following the publication of his autobiography entitled, The Enterprise Years: A Businessman in the Cabinet. The memoirs have...