Parliamentary report: Scott Report, Northern Ireland and Sea Empress disaster

Title

Parliamentary report: Scott Report, Northern Ireland and Sea Empress disaster

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

23 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:25

Description

Parliamentary correspondent Robert Allen reports from Westminster, where Tony Blair attacks John Major (both heard) during Prime Minister’s Question Time after Chancellor Kenneth Clarke admitted his deputy, William Waldegrave, had unintentionally mislead Parliament over the Arms to Iraq affair investigated by the Scott Report. During Northern Ireland Questions Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble, bitterly criticised the IRA for ending its ceasefire and renewing its bombing campaign which has effectively ended the peace process. Also discussed was the oil spill from the Sea Empress, which became grounded off Milford Haven in Wales with speakers Shadow Transport Secretary Clare Short and Transport Secretary Sir George Young and Welsh MPs Nick Ainger and Paul Flynn failing to get an apology.

Contributors

George Young; John Major; Tony Blair; Clare Short; Robert Allen; Paul Flynn; David Trimble; Nick Ainger

Keywords

Pollution; London; Reports; Internal politics; Exports; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Arms sales; IRA; Sinn Fein; Wales; Peacebuilding; Seaborne disasters; Cabinet ministers; Oil pollution; Marine pollution; Iraq; William Waldegrave; Canary Wharf; Scott Report; Richard Scott; South Quay; Milford Haven; Sea Empress (ship); Political scandals

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