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Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship: Evidence and Papers
Catalogue reference: HO 265
What's it about?
HO 265
This series consists of evidence given before the Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship set up in June 1977 and chaired by Prof Bernard Williams. The Committee's report (Cmnd. 7772) was published in October 1979 (see HO 265/9)
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 265
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship: Evidence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1976-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of evidence given before the Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship set up in June 1977 and chaired by Prof Bernard Williams. The Committee's report (Cmnd. 7772) was published in October 1979 (see HO 265/9)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship, 1977-1979
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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92 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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- Topics
- Sex and gender
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship was appointed by the Home Secretary in July 1977 under the chairmanship of Professor Bernard Williams, to review the laws concerning obscenity, indecency and violence in publications, displays and entertainments in England and Wales, except in the field of broadcasting, and to review the arrangements for film censorship in England and Wales; and to make recommendations.
The government did not implement its proposals, but decided to take action on more limited fronts, which resulted in the following enactments: Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981, Cinematograph (Amendment) Act 1982, Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, and Video Recordings Act 1984.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9129/
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