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305 results found for '"Discrimination"' in Keywords.
Bomb attacks on Jewish targets in London (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Max Cotton reports on a speech in London by UK Prime Minister John Major to the Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC) where he expresses his outrage following two car bomb attacks in the Israeli Embassy in...
Tom Hanks on Philadelphia (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Nigel Fox interviews actor Tom Hanks about his latest film Philadelphia, which opens in London today. On the film which stars Hanks as a gay lawyer with AIDS who takes his employers to court over unfair...
Part-time workers’ rights ruling (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Head of the Equal Opportunities Commission Frank Spencer speaks from the radio car to Angela Rippon on her FM Drivetime show about the House of Lords ruling that the government is unlawfully discriminating...
Part-time workers’ rights ruling (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Employment minister Ann Widdecombe speaks to Angela Rippon from Westminster about the House of Lords ruling that the government’s Employment Protection Act discriminates against part-time workers. Issues...
Disabled rights bill blocked (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A private member’s bill to improve the rights of disabled people has been effectively blocked by the minister for the disabled, Nicholas Scott and some are calling for him to resign. The excuse was the...
Victoria Scott on failed disabled rights bill (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Victoria Scott says the Government behaved shamefully in blocking the bill to improve the rights of disabled people. She is a charity worker for the disability lobby and the daughter of Nicholas Scott, the...
Disabled civil rights bill fails (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Rachel Hooper reports from Westminster on the parliamentary debate over a private member’s civil rights for the disabled bill aimed at introducing anti- discrimination legislation, and its subsequent...
Disabled people protest after rights bill fails (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Max Cotton reports from the demonstration by disabled people outside the House of Commons in protest at the failure of a civil rights for the disabled bill. Includes interviews with demonstrators: Executive...
Irishman wins tribunals after work jokes (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Irishman Trevor McAuley, who was the constant butt of Irish jokes as he worked at an East Midlands engineering firm from his English workmates. After he complained he was dismissed and an...
Conservative, Joyce Sampson on her defection to Labour (1994)
- Genre
- Press conference
Joyce Sampson is on the approved list of Conservative candidates for both Westminster and Europe, but has never been selected to fight a seat. She says there are two reasons why she has never been...