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On The Record
INTERVIEWS ANIMATING CROC
all the interviews from previous series...

1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1993-94
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TEXT
series 1994-95


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MICHAEL HESELTINE 9.7.95
How does he see his new role as Deputy Prime Minister? How will he exercise his new power and influence in the party?


IAN LANG 2.7.95
Will John Major's leadership contest clear the air and quell dissent in the party? What if the win isn't clear cut?


JOHN MAJOR 25.6.95
The Tory leadership contest - how will he convince wavering MPs to back him?


HARRIET HARMAN 18.6.95
The minimum wage - why has Labour backed away from setting a level?


FRANK DOBSON and MATTHEW TAYLOR 18.6.95
Discuss the scrapping of the Brent Spar


GORDON BROWN 11.6.95
Calls for an inquiry into Powergen executives share sales and discusses the issue of 'fat cats' in the privatised utilities


ID DEBATE 28.5.95
Richard Shepherd, Sir Ivan Lawrence, Mike O'Brien and Jeff Rooker
discuss the issue of identity cards before a live audience


KENNETH CLARKE 21.5.95
Can he get the feelgood factor back into the economy? Attacks Labour for having no argument against his policies


LORD NOLAN 14.5.95
Discusses his report into standards in public life and his desire to widen the remit of his committee


BRIAN MAWHINNEY 14.5.95
The government is abandoning its road-building policy - does it have anything to replace it?


JEREMY HANLEY 7.5.95
Is he going to carry the can for the Conservatives poor showing in the local elections?


DAVID HUNT 30.4.95
What can the government do to address the problem of job insecurity?


ALAN BEITH 30.4.95
Have the Lib Dems been marginalised by Labour under Tony Blair?


MARTIN MCGUINNESS 26.3.95
With the first meeting between Sinn Fein and the government coming up this week, is a permanent end to violence in sight?


DAVID HUNT 19.3.95
The Conservatives' local election campaign is launched against a backdrop of backbench unrest - wasn't he supposed to stop this kind of thing?


PADDY ASHDOWN 19.3.95
What effect has Tony Blair had on his claim that the Lib Dems have become the main party of opposition?


JOHN REDWOOD 12.3.95
Responds to criticisms that he is running a Thatcherite experiment in Wales


STEPHEN DORRELL 5.3.95
Are the Tories facing slaughter in the local elections in May?


LORD JUSTICE TAYLOR 26.2.95
Are the judges launching a constitutional revolution by judicial review?


WILLIE ROSS 26.2.95
Discusses the breakdown between the Ulster Unionists and the government over the Northern Ireland Framework Document


DAVID TRIMBLE 19.2.95
Discusses the implications of the Northern Ireland Framework Document


NORMAN LAMONT 19.2.95
Talks about his opposition to a single currency and Maastricht, a treaty he helped to negotiate


JACK STRAW 12.2.95
How will Labour's plans for Scottish and Welsh devolution affect the proposed English regional bodies?


DAVID DAVIS 5.2.95
John Major is sounding much more Eurosceptic - does he really want to rewrite Maasricht?


SIR LEON BRITTAN 5.2.95
Discusses Tory Europhiles' worries over the direction the Conservative party is taking on Europe


EU REFERENDUM DISCUSSION 29.1.95
Roy Hattersley, Edwina Currie, Iain Duncan-Smith and Peter Shore debate the issue of a single currency before a live audience


TONY BLAIR 22.1.95
Talks about Clause 4 and the struggle to build a new Labour party in face of opposition from the old one


MICHAEL PORTILLO 15.1.95
Discusses the Tory agenda for Maastricht 2 and his view that the state should have less, rather than more control over our lives


JOHN EDMONDS 15.1.95
How does he react to the proposed change to Clause 4 of the Labour constitution?


MALCOLM RIFKIND 18.12.94
Given its complete lack of unity - has the Tory party got a death wish?


JEREMY HANLEY 11.12.94
Removal of the Whip from the Euro Rebels technically leaves the government in a minority. Are they now facing paralysis?


ROBIN COOK 11.12.94
Does Labour's pro-Europe stance make it vulnerable to attack from the Tories on the patriotic front?


DOUGLAS HURD 4.12.94
What can Britain do to end the nightmare in Bosnia?


NORMAN LAMONT 27.11.94
The now ex-chancellor discusses a possible Tory leadership challenge and the European Finance Bill


BACKENCH DISCO 27.11.94
Richard Shepherd, Edwina Currie and Phil Gallie discuss a possible vote of no confidence in the government, should the European Finance Bill fail.


JOHN PRESCOTT 20.11.94
What will Labour find to attack in the Queen's Speech?


JOHN GUMMER 13.11.94
In creating the Environment Agency, hasn't he watered down the environmental protection provided by the bodies it replaces?


SIR NORMAN FOWLER 6.11.94
Why did the Government back down over Post Office privatisation?


NOLAN DEBATE 30.10.94
Roy Hattersley, Alex Carlile and Alan Duncan discuss how MPs ought to behave in the light of Lord Nolan's upcoming report on standards in public life


MARTIN MCGUINNESS 23.10.94
His first interview since the lifting of the exclusion order against him and Gerry Adams. What comes after the Sinn Fein joins the Peace Talks?


DAVID HUNT 23.10.94
Defends the government in another week marred by sleaze. Will Neil Hamilton survive?


JAMES MOLYNEAUX 16.10.94
Talks about the prospects for peace now that the IRA has declared a ceasefire


PADDY ASHDOWN 16.10.94
Isn't it time that the Lib Dems dropped the policy of equidistance between Labour and the Conservatives?


STEPHEN DORRELL 9.10.94
Is there enough distance between the policies of the two main parties to persuade defecting Conservative voters to return to the fold?


GORDON BROWN 2.10.94
Is Labour now a new Party? How can the leadership appeal to the wavering voter and convince the old Labour party that they aren't going to sell them out?





Transcription note
Please note that all On The Record interview transcripts were typed from a transcription unit recording and not copied from an original script: Because of the possibility of mis-hearing and the difficulty, in some cases, of identifying individual speakers, the BBC cannot vouch for its accuracy. Back to Interviews