Scott Report pre-release speed read

Title

Scott Report pre-release speed read

Genre

Parliamentary debate

TX Date

15 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:00:37

Description

Prime Minister John Major speaking in the Commons denies that conditions for Robin Cook (Labour) and Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats) were as bad as they’d claimed when they went to read the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq at the DTI a couple of hours before it was publicly released.

Contributors

John Major

Keywords

Reports; Government; Labour Party; Exports; UK; Conservative Party; Arms sales; Political parties; Party politics; Access to information; Iraq; Scott Report; Robin Cook; Menzies Campbell; Political scandals

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