The Ghost of Sir Richard Scott's Inquiry
David G. Anderson reveals an arms sale scandal in 1934 involving the British Government
A British company sells arms to renegade third-world countries; the Conservative-led Government tries to deflect public criticism by forming an inquiry led by a Lord Justice; civil servants and a former prime minister appear before the inquiry; the government is scolded in the inquiry's report for its lax control over the sale of arms abroad and sweeping changes are recommended. Is this: (a) a description of the Scott Inquiry of 1992/95; or (b) a description of the 1935/36 Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Trade in Armaments? Answer: Both.
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