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 Ia