Conservative Party’s financial ties with Saudi Arabia

Title

Conservative Party’s financial ties with Saudi Arabia

Genre

News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

23 Jun 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:34

Description

Report on controversial donations or financial aid of 7 million pounds made to the Conservative Party before it came to power by Saudi Arabian Prince, Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. Speakers are UK Prime Minister, John Major; Labour MP, Clive Soley; Chairman of the Conservative Party, Norman Fowler; Labour Leader John Smith; Labour’s Deputy leader Margaret Beckett; Employment Minister, David Hunt; Shadow Employment Secretary, Frank Dobson; Labour MP, Tony Banks; Conservative backbencher Phillip Oppenheim; Conservative Party Deputy Chairman, Gerry Malone. Kevin Murphy reports. Audio in mono; sound quality poor.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; Frank Dobson; Clive Soley; John Major; John Smith; Tony Banks; Margaret Beckett; David Hunt; Kevin Murphy; Gerald Malone; Phillip Oppenheim

Keywords

Politics; Government; Labour Party; Fraud; UK; Conservative Party; International relations; Honours; Finance; Saudi Arabia; Financial aid; Donations; Asil Nadir; Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

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