ABSTRACT
The Arms to Iraq affair resulted in the Scott Report and an in-depth analysis of ministerial responsibility by Sir Richard Scott, the Inquiry chairman. On the question of giving a full and honest account of policy matters to Parliament, Sir Richard Scott stated that ‘the withholding of information by an accountable minister should never be based on reasons of convenience or for the avoidance of political embarrassment, but should always require special and carefully considered justification’.51
