Ian Lang on Scott Report

Title

Ian Lang on Scott Report

Genre

Parliamentary debate

TX Date

15 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:00:40

Description

House of Commons statement by President of the Board of Trade, Ian Lang, in which he claims that the findings of the Scott Report into the sale of weaponry to Iraq during the Gulf War absolves the Conservative Government of any wrongdoing. He does acknowledge Sir Richard Scott’s criticisms over the government’s lack of openness between departments over the sale of arms to Iraq in his report. Information available could have prevented trial of Matrix Churchill export company as a licence would not have been granted to them for export.

Contributors

Ian Lang

Keywords

Companies; Reports; Government; Exports; UK; Conservative Party; Arms sales; Trials; Iraq; Scott Report; Richard Scott; Political scandals; Matrix Churchill

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