The Constitution After Scott : Government Unwrapped

The only book-length treatment of the pivotal Scott Report, established by John Major in 1992 to investigate the British government's trade policy and arms trade policy with Iraq, this volume provides a thorough and authoritative account of the Report's constitutional implications. Adam Tomkins reappraises issues including ministerial responsibility, the control of the civil service, and freedom of information in the light of the malaise which Scott uncovered. He addresses central questions of secret intelligence and the troublesome "public interest immunity certificates," as well as the American involvement in the affair.