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The first televised speech in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom was made by Ian Gow, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Eastbourne, on 21 November 1989. Until 1989, television cameras did not show proceedings in the House of Commons, although it had been discussed no less than eight times between 1964 and 1989. In 1988 MPs backed a Six Experiment with cameras in the chamber and 1989 Commons proceedings were televised for the first time on 21 November, while MPs agreed later, in 1990 to make the experiment permanent. Despite his opposition to the televising of Parliament, Ian Gow delivered the first speech to Parliament, although he was not the first MP to appear on camera in the chamber - that honour went to the member for Bradford South who briefly said something before Ian Gow. Gow's speech was self-deprecating and raised a few laughs when he recalled a letter he and other members received, offering image consultancy sessions and advice on how to improve their image for television. ==Ian Gow== (詳細はNational Service from 1955 to 1958 and was commissioned in the 15th/19th Hussars and served in Northern Ireland, Germany and Malaya. He would served in the Territorial Army until 1976 where he achieved the rank of Major (United Kingdom). In 1962 he took up a career in law and qualified as a solicitor in 1963 and became a partner in Joynson-Hicks and Co.〔Obituary, The Times, 31 July 1990〕 and became a Conservative Party activist. He suffered election defeats in 1964 in Coventry East and again in 1966 when he lost in Clapham. Around this time, The Times accounted of his candidature in the following words ''He is a bachelor solicitor, aged 29, wearing his public school manner as prominently as his rosette. Words such as "overpowering", "arrogant", and "bellicose" are used to describe him''.〔Key seats, ''The Times'', 19 March 1966〕 After the disappointment of Coventry East and Clapham, he continued the search for a seat and when the party de-selected incumbent Sir Charles Taylor, Gow would finally get the place in Parliament he had worked for. Sir Charles had represented Eastbourne since 1935 and did not take kindly to Gow.〔"More trouble for Tories at Eastbourne", ''The Times'', 11 February 1972〕 Gow was finally elected in 1974 as the MP for Eastbourne, who he served till 1990. On 30 July 1990, Gow was murdered by the Provisional IRA as the result of a car bomb. He suffered massive injuries to his lower body and died 10 minutes after the explosion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First televised speech in the UK Parliament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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