Five Years of Commons on Television
Regular televised coverage of the British House of Commons began November 21, 1989, since then C-SPAN aired the twice-weekly prime minister’s Question Time. Then Prime Minister Margaret That…
353 viewsRegular televised coverage of the British House of Commons began November 21, 1989, since then C-SPAN aired the twice-weekly prime minister’s Question Time. Then Prime Minister Margaret That…
353 viewsFormer Prime Minister Gorbachev was on a six-day European tour. He was part of a panel which took questions from the audience on issues in Russian politics. The panel covered a variety of is…
127 viewsSir Geoffrey Howe, former deputy prime minister of Great Britain, talked about President George H.W. Bush’s recent trade mission to Japan and how that trip was viewed by European allies.
71 viewsSir Geoffrey Howe resigned as British Deputy Prime Minister and spoke at the British House of Commons on his concerns that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was reluctant to commit to the eco…
1,189 viewsLast November, after years of debate, members of the House of Commons voted to allow cameras to cover debate for nine months as an experiment. During the experiment the Select Committee on T…
106 viewsPrime Minister Thatcher was hosting the NATO Summit and was, therefore, unable to respond to questions from members. Sir Geoffrey Howe heard questions instead. The topics covered were the NA…
119 viewsPrime Minister Margaret Thatcher was not present at the bi-weekly question time because she was hosting the NATO summit meeting being held in London. Deputy Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe …
157 viewsThe Select Committee on Televising the Proceedings of the House, chaired by Geoffrey Howe, heard testimony regarding the television experiment that began last November. Witnesses include rep…
203 viewsIn a wide ranging interview, Sir Howe discusses his past role as foreign secretary as well as his new role as leader of the House of Commons. Howe also discusses the advent of television cov…
165 viewsAudio coverage only over pictures of the British House of Commons. The video consisted of photographs of the prime minister, members of the House of Commons, the Commons Chamber, and Westmin…
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