Proceeding contribution from Lord Hague of Richmond (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 June 2009. It occurred during Opposition day on Iraq Inquiry.
Iraq Inquiry
No, I shall not give way at the moment, because I am just explaining why we have moved the motion. Given the uncertainty that preceded that concession, the need for the Government in the form of the Foreign Secretary to make it clear that the Government's position has changed; the need for Ministers also to make it clear, in the light of weekend speculation, that they see no problem in this new approach to the inquiry—of evidence being given in public wherever possible—applying to the evidence to be given by the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair; and, given the number of other inconsistencies and clearly inaccurate statements—
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- 2008-09
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- Armed forces Armed conflict Deployment Inquiries Iraq Foreign policy Military alliances Iraq Committee of Inquiry
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