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Iraq Inquiry

Not at the moment. Similarly, in response to the same question, the Department for International Development responded:"““There has been no formal or specific study into the consequences for DFID of the conflict in Iraq.””—[Official Report, 21 November 2007; Vol. 467, c. 931W.]" Whatever lessons the Government thought they had learned—on the basis of not having conducted any studies so far—were presumably passed on in their evidence to the Iraq study group, which my hon. Friend the Member for West Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) mentioned. That inquiry was commissioned by the United States Government and Congress, but the evidence, although given to the American commission, has never been disclosed to the British Parliament. Nevertheless, despite the passage of years, the publication of incomplete accounts and the threats of an uncertain future, Ministers maintain their position that an inquiry cannot yet be commenced.