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Bishop's Stortford

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Bishop's Stortford High School with Chris Blackhurst, Shami Chakranarti, Chris Leslie and John Whittingdale.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Bishop's Stortford High School, Hertfordshire, with panellists John Whittingdale, Conservative MP and chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee; Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty; Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Chris Leslie; and editor of the Independent, Chris Blackhurst.

Producer: Victoria Wakely.

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48 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Jun 2012 13:10

Chapters

  • Economy

    Question One: How effective will the measures announced by the Bank of England be in stimulating bank lending and reviving the economy?

    Duration: 08:40

  • Leveson Inquiry

    Question Two: How can the wilder excesses of the tabloid press be controlled without jeopardising press freedom?

    Duration: 09:44

  • Forgetting children

    Question Three: Has any of the panel ever left anything important in a pub toilet and not remembered until they got home?

    Duration: 05:23

  • Snoopers' charter

    Question Four: At what cost would Theresa May's proposals protect society?

    Duration: 10:31

  • National curriculum overhaul

    Question Five: Learning poetry at five, and the twelve times table at nine. Is that progression or regression in education?

    Duration: 05:04

  • Proposed shake-up of Family Courts

    Question Six: Is it right to penalise Mothers who deny their ex-partners access to their children by confiscating their passports and driving licences, issuing curfews or even imprisoning them?

    Duration: 05:24

Broadcasts

  • Fri 15 Jun 2012 20:00
  • Sat 16 Jun 2012 13:10

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