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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1

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This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeches origninally given by parliamentarians including Oliver Cromwell, Edmund Burke, William Wilberforce, William Gladstone, Keir Hardie, Winston Churchill and Aneurin Bevan. (Summary by Carl Manchester) (5 hr 11 min)

Chapters

Speech on the Petition of Right, 1628

21:30

Read by David Federman

Speech against the Attainder of Strafford, 1641

15:27

Read by David Federman

Speech to Rump Parliament, 1653

2:46

Read by Carl Manchester

Speech on reducing the army, 1731

8:06

Read by Rachel Lintern

Speech on House of Commons Reform, 1784

24:11

Read by Sibella Denton

Speech on slavery, 1789

10:42

Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010)

Speech on the Reform Act, 1831

4:21

Read by Sibella Denton

Speech on the Reform Act, 1837

5:32

Read by Sibella Denton

Speech on copyright, 1841

36:43

Read by Philippa

Speech on Irish Home Rule, 1886

28:04

Read by Sibella Denton

Speech on a proposed Channel Tunnel, 1888

27:14

Read by Christine Blachford

Speech on socialism, 1901

8:02

Read by Sally Ann Cook

Speech on women's suffrage, 1905

33:09

Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010)

Speech on The West Ham Guardians , 1927

18:12

Read by Philippa

Speech on the outbreak of war with Germany, 1939

7:34

Read by Sibella Denton

We shall fight on the beaches, 1940

27:50

Read by Mark F. Smith

Speech on the Suez Crisis, 1956

31:44

Read by Carl Manchester