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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 13 June 2007, in the House of Commons, led by John Baron. The answering member was Kim Howells.


Iraq Dossier (September 2002)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the preparation of the Iraq dossier of September 2002.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
461 c288-96WH 
Session
2006-07
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
John Baron | 461 c290-3WH (Link to this contribution) Let us remember why this document is so important. It is the first full draft of the dossier—a dossi...
John Baron | 461 c293WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly did not claim that the 45-minute claim was in that first full draft. However, will the M...
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Kim Howells | 461 c293WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Billericay (Mr. Baron) on calling the debate and thank him for pr...
Kim Howells | 461 c293-5WH (Link to this contribution) I will come to that in a moment if the hon. Gentleman will allow me. The sequence is important, and ...
Patrick Mercer | 461 c289WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he not think it extraordinary that a pres...
John Baron | 461 c288-9WH (Link to this contribution) The September 2002 dossier, entitled ““Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction””, was central to the Gove...
John Baron | 461 c289WH (Link to this contribution) I think that my hon. Friend is right, but we must not forget—I shall come to this point later—that t...
Kim Howells | 461 c289-90WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman saying that he believes that everything that is written by every official in a...
John Baron | 461 c295WH (Link to this contribution) I suggest that the Minister is not addressing my central point. One accepts that elements of the int...
Kim Howells | 461 c295-6WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will allow me, I shall try to answer his questions and the debate in my own wa...
John Baron | 461 c296WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving way with such a short time available. The whole point about the docu...
Kim Howells | 461 c296WH (Link to this contribution) No. This is the heart of the problem. The first full draft— Sitting suspended until half-past Two o...
Subjects
Armed forces Deployment Inquiries Intelligence services Iraq Weapons Foreign and Commonwealth Office Joint Intelligence Committee
Link
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