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30 results found for '"Richard Scott"' in Keywords.
Waldegrave on Scott Report (1996)
- Genre
- Speech
The government says there’s no need for ministers to resign over the arms-to-Iraq affair following the release of the Scott Report. One of the ministers at the centre of the allegations, Treasury Secretary...
Matrix Churchill defendant reacts to Scott report (1996)
- Genre
- News report
The Scott inquiry into sale of arms to Iraq was launched after the trial of three Matrix Churchill executives accused of exporting arms to Iraq collapsed amidst accusations that government ministers had...
Matrix Churchill MD on arms to Iraq affair (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Henderson, the former Managing Director of Matrix Churchill says the arms to Iraq affair has been devastating, the company has shut down with large loss of jobs. This follows the collapse of the trial...
Tony Blair on Scott Report (1996)
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- Speech
Labour is renewing its attack on the government over the findings of the Scott report. Party leader Tony Blair says the report reveals high level incompetence within the Conservative administration.
Matrix Churchill executive on Scott Report (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
The Scott inquiry was launched after the trial of three Matrix Churchill executives accused of exporting arms to Iraq collapsed due to government complicity. One of the men cleared, Trevor Abraham, says...
Conservative MP Peter Thurnham resigns party whip (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Peter Thurnham has resigned the party whip ostensibly over the Scott Report into the sale of arms to Iraq, leaving the Government with a shaky Commons majority of just two. His constituency...
Conservative MP Peter Thurnham resigns party whip (1996)
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- Interview
Labour’s Deputy Chief Whip, Nick Brown on MP Peter Thurnham’s decision to resign the Conservative Party whip, ostensibly over the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq, which has reduced the...
Parliamentary report: Scott Report, Northern Ireland and Sea Empress disaster (1996)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary correspondent Robert Allen reports from Westminster, where Tony Blair attacks John Major (both heard) during Prime Minister’s Question Time after Chancellor Kenneth Clarke admitted his...
Robin Cook on Scott Report (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Foreign Secretary Robin Cook commenting on the findings of the Scott Report on the sale of arms to Iraq, a Commons vote on the issue and a narrow victory for the Conservative Government.
Close vote on Scott Report (1996)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the close Parliamentary vote on the Scott Report on the sale of arms to Iraq. The speakers include: Ian Lang, President of the Board of Trade; Robin Cook, Shadow Foreign Secretary; Quentin Davies...