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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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