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Attorney General politically inept over BAE Systems

Ming Campbell has accused the Attorney General of political ineptitude over the information given to the OECD regarding BAE systems. The Liberal Democrat Leader today received a letter from the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, regarding the affair. Commenting, Menzies Campbell …

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Campbell makes Blair take the blame for BAE

Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell today challenged Tony Blair at Prime Minister’s Questions to name the minister responsible for withholding information from the OECD. Mr Blair replied: “If you want to blame anyone for this, blame me. I am perfectly …

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Campbell demands investigation into Saudi Prince payments

Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell has called for an investigation into the Ministry of Defence’s role in processing payments – allegedly totalling £1 billion – to Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia. Responding to the Defence Secretary’s failure to …

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Goldsmith must answer questions

Ming Campbell has called on the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, to answer the allegations made by The Guardian about payments to a Saudi Arabian prince being covered up: If it is true that information about payments made to Prince Bandar …

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Campbell challenges Blair over BAE scandal

Ming Campbell has challenged Tony Blair to make a statement to the House of Commons after the BBC uncovered evidence that the arms company BAE secretly paid £1bn to Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia in connection with Britain’s biggest ever …

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