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27 results found for '"Lynda Chalker"' in Contributors.
M25 construction support and opposition (1985)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Programme looking at the construction of the M25 motorway, benefits, costs and the protests surrounding the project. Speaking are: Geoff Dossetter, Freight Transport Association; AA Kent Traffic Manager Paul...
Africa losing patience with UK over sanctions (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Junior Foreign Office minister Lynda Chalker on her discussion with Oliver Tambo of the African National Congress (ANC). She claims that economic sanctions would not end apartheid. Tambo is losing patience...
Kuwaiti Airlines hijacking (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Linda Duffin reports on the arab hijackers holding hostages on board a Kuwaiti Airlines jet hijacked in Iran, and following the release of the women captives. Includes Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
Lynda Chalker on how to help people home from the Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Speaking from Jordan, Overseas Development Minister Lynda Chalker talks about the need to raise funds to bring people home from the Gulf. She is critical of the quality of some of the goods donated so far,...
Lynda Chalker on UK aid for Iranian earthquake victims (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Overseas Minister Lynda Chalker on the situation in Iran following the earthquake; disaster relief being provided by the UK government; and reacts to Labour’s Ann Clywd’s claim they have not acted fast...
Ian Richter released by iraq (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Mark Phillips reports on the release of British businessman Ian Richter after spending more than five years in an Iraqi jail on bribery charges. He was released after the British government unfroze Iraqi...
Better disaster relief (1991)
- Genre
- interview
Overseas Development Minister Lynda Chalker tells Peter Russell she hopes to see faster and more efficient mobilisation of relief in the face of an international disaster after changes in the way relief is...
Chalker meets Kurds over safe havens (1991)
- Genre
- Discussion
Recording of a meeting between UK overseas development minister, Lynda Chalker and Kurdish leaders at a refugee camp on the Turkish-Iraqi border. There she discussed what was required from the US, British,...
Lynda Chalker visits Middle East (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference featuring overseas development minister, Lynda Chalker, prior to a visit to the Middle East on a two pronged mission - to gather information on the plight of the Kurds in northern Iraq, and...
Aid flights may resume into Sarajevo (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the possible resumption of road food convoys in Bosnia and aid flights to Sarajevo, and on refugees being taken in by European countries, following a visit by UK Overseas Development Minister...