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16 results found for '"Joe Ashton"' in Contributors.
Margaret Thatcher, South Africa and the Queen (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and South Africa: whether Thatcher will hold personal talks with the leader of South Africa, her visit to the Queen after the revelation that the Palace may not...
Right to reply (to press reports) bill (1989)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate
A bill to allow individuals the right to reply when wrongly reported by the press was debated in parliament but is unlikley to become law, Paul Rowley reports with speeches by the bill’s sponsor Tony...
New measures against press excesses (1990)
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- News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on reaction in the Commons to new measures to curb press excesses proposed by a government committee. Speeches by Home Secretary David Waddington; Roy Hattersley on freedom of the press...
Football ID cards (1990)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports on the damage done to the House of Commons by the recent storms and the debate over football ID cards prior to the upcoming release of Lord Justice (Peter) Taylor’s report on the...
Emergency debate tabled in cash for questions row (1994)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech; Interview
Peter Murphy reports from Westminster where House of Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd has said she will launch an emergency debate into the case of two Conservative MPs, accused of tabling Parliamentary...
Review of parliamentary session 94-95 (1995)
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- News report; Speech; Interview; Parliamentary debate
As the Commons is prorogued today ahead of next week’s Queen’s speech, political correspondent Max Cotton looks back on a difficult session for the Conservative Party with allegations of sleaze and...