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94 results found for '"William Rodgers"' in Contributors.
Bill Rodgers on car tax refund (1978)
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- Interview
Interview with Bill Rodgers, Transport Minister, about the refund on road licences to 600,000 motorists. He explains how people can apply, and why it happened.
Train drivers’ strike (1978)
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- News report
Peter Spencer reports on the forthcoming one-day strike by train drivers, and inter-union conflict. Contributions from William (Bill) Rodgers, Transport Secretary; Sid Weighell, NUR leader; Ray Buckton,...
Road inquiries measures (1978)
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- Interview
Interview with William (Bill) Rodgers, Transport Secretary, on new Parliamentary measure to make road inquiries easier. Interviewer not identified. Sound level low.
Transport of dangerous materials (1978)
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- Interview
Peter Allen interviews UK Transport Secretary William (Bill) Rodgers, about an investigation into the transport of dangerous materials by road to prevent another incident like the recent gas explosion in...
British Rail strike (1979)
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- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on reaction following talks at Whitehall aimed at settling the rail dispute with tomorrow’s strike still on but Thursday’s in the balance. Includes reaction from Ray Buckton, ASLEF; Tom Jenkins,...
Tachographs to be compulsory for lorries (1979)
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- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Transport Secretary William (Bill) Rodgers on legislation making it compulsory for UK lorry drivers to have tachographs in their cabs after a ruling of the European court.
Lorry driver strikes (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with Transport Secretary William (Bill) Rodgers, who calls for lorry drivers to end their strikes and return to work, as the strikes are causing multiple problems for the general public.
Conservative censure motion (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with William (Bill) Rodgers, Transport Secretary, about vote of no confidence in the Labour government put by the Conservative Party and why it was placed at this time. Says the vote may be close...
Labour conference - anger over block vote (1980)
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- Interview; News report
Report from the 1980 Labour Party conference in Blackpool after trade unions used their block votes to affect votes on the party constitution including proposed changes to how leaders are selected. Includes...
Bill Rodgers on Labour, defence and economics (1980)
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- Interview; Jingle; News bulletin; Phone-in; Trailer
Alastair Burnet interviews guest Labour Party defence spokesman William (Bill) Rodgers, about the future of the Labour Party, on defence policy, and on economics and taxation; and the public phone in with...