United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2


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This is the second LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 14 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1766 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including William Pitt the Elder, John Stuart Mill, Dadabhai Naoroji, Lady Astor, Stanley Baldwin, Clement Attlee, Aneurin Bevan and Tony Benn. (Summary by Carl Manchester) (4 hr 32 min)

Chapters

Speech against the Stamp Act of 1765, 1766 10:41 Read by Carol Stripling
Speech on capital punishment, 1868 23:41 Read by Gary Gilberd
Speech on taxation in India, 1893 17:21 Read by Jason Mills
Speech on the effects of liquor for women and children, 1920 20:42 Read by Hannah Dowell
Speech on disarmament, 1923 18:03 Read by Sally Ann Cook
Speech on unemployment amongst women, 1924 13:10 Read by Hannah Dowell
The Bomber Will Always Get Through, 1932 16:19 Read by coops
Speech on the BBC, 1933 6:48 Read by Rhonda Federman
Speech on the Abdication, 1936 29:54 Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Speech on decolonisation 13:57 Read by Patricia
Speech on the NHS Act, 1946 51:59 Read by Philippa
Speech on the Cold War, 1950 14:37 Read by Nicknight
Speech on the Voice of Britain, 1956 24:23 Read by Matthew Ward
Speech on the Suez Crisis, 1956 10:30 Read by Rhonda Federman