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  1. Conservative MP Peter Thurnham resigns party whip (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    Conservative MP Peter Thurnham has resigned the party whip, ostensibly over the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq. He tells of how he met with Prime Minister John Major, spent some time in reflection,...

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  2. Martin McGuinness calls for peace talks (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    Government officials will meet Sinn Fein leaders face-to-face tomorrow for the first time since the IRA resumed its terror campaign. Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein says they will press the case for a date to...

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  3. Scott Report vote (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    A vote in the Commons just squeezed through to ensure Public Interest Immunity Certificates would not be used again as they were in the Matrix Churchill case where the so-called gagging orders contributed to...

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  4. Robin Cook on Scott Report (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    Shadow Foreign Secretary Robin Cook commenting on the findings of the Scott Report on the sale of arms to Iraq, a Commons vote on the issue and a narrow victory for the Conservative Government.

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  5. Close vote on Scott Report (1996)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Report on the close Parliamentary vote on the Scott Report on the sale of arms to Iraq. The speakers include: Ian Lang, President of the Board of Trade; Robin Cook, Shadow Foreign Secretary; Quentin Davies...

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  6. Al Fayed British citizenship claims fail (1996)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Mohammed Al Fayed and his brother Ali have lost their legal battle to become British citizens. A High Court judge refused to grant them a judicial review but said the government’s decision to turn down...

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  7. Relaxed day in Parliament (1996)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Parliamentary correspondent Robert Allen reports on proceedings in Parliament following yesterday’s narrow vote on the Scott Report into sale of arms to Iraq, won by the government by just one vote. The...

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  8. Sandra Gregory jailed in Thailand (1996)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Dominic Waghorn reports on the case of Sandra Gregory, a British woman sentenced to 25 years in jail in Thailand for trying to smuggle heroin out of the country that she said she was carrying for Robert...

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  9. Aldwych bus bomber funeral (1996)

    Genre
    News report

    Security was tight in the quiet town of Gorey in County Wexford for the funeral of the Aldwych bus bomber Edward O’Brien. The 21-year-old IRA member died when the bomb he was carrying exploded...

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  10. Northern Ireland peace talks (1996)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    London Today’s reporter Malcolm Brown on the setting of a date for all party talks on the future of Northern Ireland amid accusations that the UK Government has been drawn back to the negotiating table by...

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