Parliamentary debate on Norman Lamont scandal

Title

Parliamentary debate on Norman Lamont scandal

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

30 Nov 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:56

Description

Peter Murphy reports on the Labour Party’s demand for a Parliamentary debate over Chancellor Norman Lamont using taxpayers’ money to pay legal bills to evict sex therpaist Sara Dale from his home (it was refused) and on attempts to connect the scandal with changes to the legal aid system. Includes Commons speeches from shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown; Tory MP Michael Brown; Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley; Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes; minister from the Lord Chancellor’s office, John Taylor.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Simon Hughes; John Taylor; Peter Lilley; Gordon Brown; Michael Brown

Keywords

Public finance; Norman Lamont; Political scandals; Legal aid

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