Official Report [Hansard] House of Commons: Centenary Volume 1909-2009
Great Speeches from 100 Years
Author: Ian Church CBE Publisher: TSO (The Stationery Office)
Extent: 544 pages
Size A4
Binding Hardback
ISBN 9780118404631
Price £35.00
Published 02 Apr 2009
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Index of speeches chosen by contributors:
■ Robin Cook on Matrix Churchill, 26 February 1996 – chosen by Rt Hon Michael J. Martin MP, Speaker of the House of Commons ■ Sir Edward Grey on start of First World War, 3 August 1914 – chosen by Priscilla Baines CB ■ John Smith on Government economic and social policy 9 June 1993 – chosen by Alistair Campbell and Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP ■ Richard Shepherd on election of The Speaker, 23 October 2000 – chosen by Martin Bell OBE ■ Winston Churchill announcing production of the hydrogen bomb, 1 March 1955 – chosen by Sir Stuart Bell MP ■ Aneurin Bevan resignation speech, 23 April 1951 – chosen by Rt Hon Tony Benn ■ Oswald Mosley on unemployment and globalisation, 28 May 1930 – chosen by Rt Hon David Blunkett MP ■ Leo Amery on the conduct of the war, 7 May 1940 – chosen by Rt Hon Baroness Boothroyd of Sandwell OM ■ Edward Heath on capital punishment, 13 July 1983 – chosen by Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister ■ Aneurin Bevan on Suez, 5 December 1956 – chosen by Rt Hon Lord Callaghan of Cardiff KG ■ Duff Cooper’s resignation speech over Munich, 3 October 1938 – chosen by Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Leader of the Opposition ■ Edmund Dene Morel’s maiden speech, 24 November 1922 – chosen by Ian Church CBE ■ Geoffrey Howe resignation speech, 13 November 1990 – chosen by Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP, Rt Hon Lord Heseltine of Thenford CH and Rt Hon Sir John Major KG, CH ■ Jeremy Thorpe on EEC application 9 May 1967 – chosen by Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP ■ Winston Churchill on rebuilding of House of Commons, 28 October 1943 – chosen by Sir Michael Cummins
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The Stationery Office Ltd Company Registered No. 3049649 Registered office: Clifton House, Worship Street, London, EC2A 2EJ ■ Alf Morris – chosen by 2nd Reading of Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Bill, 5 December 1969 – chosen by Tam Dalyell ■ Aneurin Bevan on defence policy, 15 February 1951 – chosen by Rt Hon Lord Deedes of Aldington KBE, MC ■ Leslie Hale on the story of Mr Malloy and the death penalty, 23 January 1957 – chosen by Joe Haines ■ David Lloyd George on his 1909 Budget,29 April 1909 – chosen by Rt Hon Lord Hattersley ■ Enoch Powell on Hola Camp, 27 July 1959 – chosen by Rt Hon Lord Healey of Riddlesden CH MBE ■ Barbara Castle on 2nd Reading of Equal Pay Bill, 9 February 1970 – chosen by Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP ■ Winston Churchill on Wartime Leadership 13 May 1940 – chosen by Rt Hon Michael Howard QC, MP ■ Harold Macmillan on application to join the European Community, 2 August 1961 – chosen by Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon ■ Harold Wilson abandoning “In Place of Strife”, 19 June 1969 – chosen by Sir Bernard Ingham ■ Geoffrey Howe’s budget speech, 10 March 1981 – chosen by Trevor Kavanagh ■ Tony Benn on Zircon affair, 27 January 1987 – chosen by Peter Kellner ■ Michael Foot on Argentine invasion of the Falklands, 3 April 1982 – chosen by Robert Kilroy-Silk MEP ■ Keir Hardie on South Africa Bill, 16 August 1909 – chosen by Professor Anthony King ■ Aneurin Bevan moving 2nd Reading of NHS Bill, 30 April 1946 – chosen by Rt Hon Lord Kinnock of Bedwelty ■ Neil Kinnock, opening emergency debate on Westland, 27 January 1986 – chosen by Rt Hon Lord Lawson of Blaby ■ David Lloyd George introducing the national insurance Bill 4 May 1911 – chosen by Elfyn Llwyd MP ■ Hartley Shawcross on repeal of Trade Disputes Act, 12 February 1946 – chosen by Rt Hon Lord Marsh of Mannington ■ Michael Foot’s speech on confidence vote, 28 March 1979 – chosen by Rt Hon Rev Ian Paisley MP ■ Alan Duncan on 2nd Reading of Civil Partnership Bill, 12 October 2004 – chosen by Matthew Parris ■ Michael Heseltine on sinking of the Belgrano and Ponting, 18 February 1985 – chosen by Rt Hon Michael Portillo ■ Geoffrey Howe on banning of trade unions at GCHQ, 27 February 1984 – chosen by Peter Riddell ■ H. H. Asquith on Parliament Bill, 29 March 1910 – chosen by Sir Roger Sands KCB ■ Margaret Thatcher resignation speech, 22 November 1990 – chosen by John Sergeant and Rt Hon Lord Tebbit of Chingford CH ■ Dennis Skinner on moving of Brecon and Radnor by-election writ, 7 June 1985 – chosen by Dennis Skinner MP ■ Enoch Powell, on 2nd Reading of the Unborn Children Protection Bill, 15 February 1985 – chosen by Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP ■ Robin Cook resignation speech, 17 March 2003 – chosen by Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Crosby ■ Dr John Gilbert winding up defence debate, 27 March 1979 – chosen by Sir Robert Worcester KBE, DL
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