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19 results found for '"Nicholas Scott"' in Contributors.
Joyrider shot by RUC (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the shooting of 19-year-old joyrider, Gerard Logue, in Belfast by the RUC. With comment from Sean McKnight, Sinn Fein; Dr Joe Hendron, SDLP; Nicholas Scott, Northern Ireland minister. Male reporter...
British presence in NI condemned (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Northern Ireland minister Nicholas Scott reacting to comments by Bishop of New York, John O’Connor, who has condemned the British presence in Ulster. Interviewer not heard.
Loyalist march on Hillsborough (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a march by 4,000 masked and armed Loyalists, led by Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley, into Hillsborough, to the castle where the Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed. Northern Ireland...
U-turn over cold weather payments (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on the Parliamentary debate over the special payments promised for the elderly during the cold winter with the Government making a partial u-turn. Speakers are Social...
Government claims pregnancies aimed at securing housing (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a leaked Government document which says benefit payments could be cut. Social Security Minister, Nicholas Scott says the issue needs to be dealt with due to a rise in single-parent families. Mary...
Government claims girls get pregnant for housing (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a Government paper that claims teenage girls are getting pregnant simply to jump the housing queue. Shadow Social Security Secretary, Donald Dewar says ministers have got it wrong, and should admit...
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...
Controversy over Government’s proposals for the disabled (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Deeley reports on controversy over the Government’s new plans to help the disabled, announced in a consultation paper earlier today. Includes Parliamentary statement by social security minister...
NI peace process 5 months into ceasefire (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
William Roncon reports on the framework document due to be released which will set up further steps towards peace in Northern Ireland and the stopping of army patrols in the daytime 5 months into the IRA...