Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lynne Jones (Labour), on Thursday, 10 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 14 members in total.

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COMMENTS FROM THE FORMER HEAD OF THE JIC ON THE JUSTIFICATION FOR WAR ON IRAQ

That this House notes the comments of Rodric Braithwaite, former head of the Joint Intelligence Committee, in a letter published in the 10th July edition of the Financial Times that 'fishmongers sell fish; warmongers sell war' and although 'the Prime Minister surely acted in good faith, it does look as though he seriously oversold his wares'; further notes Mr Braithwaite's assessment that 'the incentives for terrorists to attack us have probably been increased'; and calls for an independent inquiry into the way the Government sold its case for war to Parliament and to the public and the lessons to be learned from this.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1574 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Armed forces Armed conflict Deployment Intelligence services Iraq Terrorism Iraq conflict Joint Intelligence Committee Military intelligence

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk