Jerry Wiggin corruption admission

Title

Jerry Wiggin corruption admission

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

18 May 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:09

Description

Nick Wood reports on the Channel 4 Dispatches television programme revealing that Conservative Party MP Jerry Wiggin used fellow MP Sebastian Coe’s name without his knowledge to table amendments to a bill in Standing Committee in which he had a financial interest. Includes excerpts from programme (copyright of Channel 4); interviews with Sebastian Coe MP; Iain Duncan-Smith MP; Ann Taylor MP; Jerry Wiggin; speech by Betty Boothroyd, Speaker of the House.

Contributors

Betty Boothroyd; Ann Taylor; Nick Wood; Iain Duncan-Smith; Sebastian Coe; Jerry Wiggin

Keywords

Conservative Party; Ethics; Members of Parliament; Political corruption; Television documentaries; Channel 4; Jerry Wiggin; Sebastian Coe; Dispatches (television programme); Weston-super-Mare

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