RAPE OF THE FAIR COUNTRY FILM CAMPAIGN

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That this House encourages the campaign of historian Chris Barber to produce a film of Alexander Cordell's classic story The Rape of the Fair Country; applauds the enduring truth of Cordell's revelation of the harrowing injustices of working life in the nineteenth century; and believes that new generations should be informed of the value of political heroism in creating a fair and compassionate society.