BCCI bank closure

Title

BCCI bank closure

Genre

News report; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Report on the evidence of Governor of the Bank of England Robin (Robert) Leigh-Pemberton to the Treasury Select Committee on the closure of the BCCI bank. He speaks on on the reasons for the closure, and its timing and his correspondence with the then Chancellor John Major, under questioning from Committee members Labour MP Giles Radice, and Tory MP John Townend. Peter Murphy reports from Westminster.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; John Townend; Giles Radice; Robin Leigh-Pemberton

Keywords

Fraud; Banks; Bank of England; John Major; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; BCCI

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