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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