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Broadcasting Of Parliament In Britain PA WELLINGTON, Nov. 7. “Members of the House of Commons to whom I spoke look with horror on the idea of broadcasting Parliament because they think it would tend to spoil the traditional form of debate,” said the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Oram, on his return from Britain today. Mr Oram said that while there was' no time limit on speeches in the Commons, they were generally much shorter than those in New Zealand. British Parliamentarians felt that members would just tend to speak to their constituents if Parliament were broadcast and that increasing use would be made of set speeches instead of the traditional cut-and-thrust of debate.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27541, 8 November 1950, Page 6
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118ADVERSE VIEW Otago Daily Times, Issue 27541, 8 November 1950, Page 6
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