United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 1
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Length 5 h 11 min
Chapters 17
First published 1956
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)
Chapters
1
Speech on the Petition of Right, 1628 Read by David Federman 21:30
2
Speech against the Attainder of Strafford, 1641 Read by David Federman 15:27
3
Speech to Rump Parliament, 1653 Read by Carl Manchester 2:46
4
Speech on reducing the army, 1731 Read by Rachel Lintern 8:06
5
Speech on House of Commons Reform, 1784 Read by Sibella Denton 24:11
6
Speech on slavery, 1789 Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) 10:42
7
Speech on the Reform Act, 1831 Read by Sibella Denton 4:21
8
Speech on the Reform Act, 1837 Read by Sibella Denton 5:32
9
Speech on copyright, 1841 Read by Philippa 36:43
10
Speech on Irish Home Rule, 1886 Read by Sibella Denton 28:04
11
Speech on a proposed Channel Tunnel, 1888 Read by Christine Blachford 27:14
12
Speech on socialism, 1901 Read by Sally Ann Cook 8:02
13
Speech on women's suffrage, 1905 Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) 33:09
14
Speech on The West Ham Guardians , 1927 Read by Philippa 18:12
15
Speech on the outbreak of war with Germany, 1939 Read by Sibella Denton 7:34
16
We shall fight on the beaches, 1940 Read by Mark F. Smith 27:50
17
Speech on the Suez Crisis, 1956 Read by Carl Manchester 31:44
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens hansard.millbanksystems.com) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
