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 |