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MP challenges Prime Minister to hold Iraq Inquiry in public
In questions in the House of Commons yesterday following the Prime
Minister's statement on holding an inquiry on Iraq, Portsmouth South MP and
member of the Defence Select Committee, Mike Hancock challenged the Prime
Minister for it to be held in public. Mike also asked the Prime Minister for
any taped telephone conversations between Tony Blair and George Bush to be
made available to the inquiry. The MP said that the important thing was not
what the Prime Minister wanted to hear from the inquiry but that the British
Public wanted to hear what happened in their name. The Lib Dem leader, Nick
Clegg along with other MPs including from the Labour benches also demanded
that the inquiry was held in public but their demands were firmly rejected
by the Prime Minister
Speaking afterwards, Mike Hancock said: "the Prime Minister said that he and
his Government would now be open and transparent. The answers he gave to me,
Nick Clegg and other MPs show that he has failed in this at the first
hurdle. Of course there may be issues that have to be kept private in order
not to compromise National Security. But on the Defence Select Committee, we
are often investigating issues that have a direct bearing on the day to day
operations of our armed forces. In the great majority of cases, we are able
to hold those inquiries in public and it is important both for those serving
in the forces and the wider public that we do. If there were security issues
then of course that evidence should be taken in private but in general there
should be a presumption in favour of openness. There are a vast number of
issues concerning the Iraq War, the build-up to it and its aftermath, and
the British public wants to know the answers and make up their minds from
the evidence presented and not for everything to be hidden behind close
doors once again. It is also disappointing that this inquiry will take so
long and will not report until after the General Election. All in all, the
widespread suspicion is that all this is about the Prime Minister kicking
issue into the long grass. And that is a great shame."
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