Arms-to-Iraq inquiry u-turn

Title

Arms-to-Iraq inquiry u-turn

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

24 Mar 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:04:08

Description

There is confusion in the arms-to-Iraq inquiry after the Attorney General, Sir Nicholas Lyell, told Lord Justice Scott ministers could refuse to sign the Public Interest Immunity Certificate blocking documents in the Matrix Churchill trial before saying that they had a duty to sign them. Attempting to explain this tricky issue are Tory QC Sir Ivan Lawrence MP; Labour QC John Morris MP; and Liberal Democrat Menzies Campbell. With Prime Minister, John Major, statement to the House of Commons on the issue. Report by Ed Boyle from Westminster for Morning Report. Audio level low.

Contributors

John Major; Ed Boyle; Menzies Campbell; Ivan Lawrence; John Morris

Keywords

Right to information; Arms sales; Trials; Iraq; Nicholas Lyell; Information dissemination; Matrix Churchill; Lord Justice Scott

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