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Proceeding contribution from Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 June 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Iraq.


Iraq

In the Prime Minister's answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg), he suggested that having this inquiry in secret would mean that he, or we, would get the answers that we required. Does he not understand that it is the British people who require these answers, and that what they require is the truth of what led up to this war? Will he ensure that, if possible, any of the taped conversations between the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and the then President of the United States are made available to the inquiry? Will he also ensure that all the recorded telephone calls between the then Prime Minister and President Bush over that period are made available? Can I ask him again not to think about what he wants to hear from the inquiry but to consider what the British people want to hear? What they do not want to hear is that the inquiry is being held in secret. Everyone can accept that part of the inquiry would, for security reasons, necessarily have to address that fact, but most of it—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
494 c37-8 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Armed conflict Development aid Elections Iraq Powers Peacekeeping operations Overseas investment Monuments Reconstruction Iraq Committee of Inquiry Iraq conflict Military aid Basra Secrecy
Link
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