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Opposition to speed-read Scott Report

Title
Opposition to speed-read Scott Report
Genre
Interview
TX Date
15 Feb 1996
Year of production
1996
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Duration
00:00:20
Description
Lord Roy Jenkins, the Liberal Democrats’ leader in the Lords, has rejected the government’s offer of a lunchtime look at the Scott Report into sales of arms to Iraq, ahead of its release at 3.30 pm. Robin Cook and other opposition Foreign Affairs spokesmen will be speed-reading the report. In a closed room within the DTI they will have three hours to digest a five-volume report that’s taken three years to compile. Robin Cook acknowledges that this will not be an easy task.
Contributors
Robin Cook
Keywords
Reports; Government; Labour Party; Exports; UK; Arms sales; Political parties; Access to information; Iraq; Scott Report; Richard Scott; Political scandals

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