John Biffen on Scott Report

Title

John Biffen on Scott Report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

7 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:03:00

Description

Earlier today in the House of Commons, Speaker Betty Boothroyd told the Government that she thought it should give the Opposition access to the Scott Report (into sales of arms to Iraq) in advance of its public release. Former Conservative Leader of the House of Commons, John Biffen tells Political Editor, Ed Boyle that he rather agrees with the Speaker.

Contributors

John Biffen; Ed Boyle

Keywords

Reports; Government; Labour Party; Exports; Parliament; UK; Arms sales; Political parties; House of Commons; Access to information; Iraq; Betty Boothroyd; Scott Report; Richard Scott; Political scandals

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