LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Scott Report out today

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

15 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:46

Description

Ed Boyle reports on the pending publication - later this afternoon - of the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq and on Nicholas Lyell, Attorney General, who signed gagging orders. Key ministers have had eight days to prepare their public response. Contributions from Tony Blair MP (Lab.), Prime Minister John Major; Mark Higson, former civil servant at the Foreign Office; former Foreign Office Minister William Waldegrave; John Morris MP and QC (Lab.); Menzies Campbell MP (Lib. Dem.). Also archive clip of Sir Richard Scott, on the setting up of the inquiry.

Contributors

John Major; William Waldegrave; Tony Blair; Ed Boyle; Menzies Campbell; Richard Scott; Mark Higson; John Morris

Keywords

Reports; Government; Exports; UK; Right to information; Arms sales; Access to information; Cabinet ministers; Iraq; Scott Report; Richard Scott; Nicholas Lyell; Political scandals; Attorney-generals

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