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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