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Iraq Inquiry

That is not what the Prime Minister said. He did not say, ““We can't have an inquiry because there are lots of Ministers who have important business to attend to and we mustn't distract them.”” He said, ““We can't have an inquiry, because we mustn't divert people from the responsibility of what they need to do in Iraq.”” That prompts the question that must be answered if we are to give any credence at all to the position advanced by the Government. The truth, of course, is that there are lessons that could be learned from such an inquiry and from which we could benefit. Those lessons could benefit what we are doing in Iraq and in Afghanistan now. It is a disgrace that we should be deprived of those benefits for no good reason at all.