Relaxed day in Parliament

Title

Relaxed day in Parliament

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

27 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:04:51

Description

Parliamentary correspondent Robert Allen reports on proceedings in Parliament following yesterday’s narrow vote on the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq, won by the government by just one vote. The speakers include: Prime Minister John Major; Angela Eagle MP; Eric Pickles MP; Labour leader Tony Blair; Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown; George Foulkes MP; Sir Paul Beresford MP.

Contributors

George Foulkes; John Major; Paddy Ashdown; Tony Blair; Robert Allen; Eric Pickles; Angela Eagle; Paul Beresford

Keywords

Reports; Government; Northern Ireland; UK; Arms sales; Peacebuilding; Currencies; Iraq; Scott Report; Internal policy; Political scandals; UUP; Roy Thomason; Peter Mandelson

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