Chilcot Inquiry — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:22 pm on 1 July 2015.

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Photo of Lord King of Bridgwater Lord King of Bridgwater Conservative 3:22, 1 July 2015

My Lords, does the noble Lord recognise that there is across, I think, all corners of this House total impatience with the present situation? We recognise the difficult position the Prime Minister is in, but while it is right to allow those who may be criticised in the report to have the opportunity to make representations and for those to be considered, in any consideration now and in any future arrangements for a commission of this kind there must be a limit on the amount of time that people are allowed to hold up publication of a report. This report is meant to provide an opportunity for lessons to be learned from what happened over Iraq. No lessons have been learned, a lot of years have gone by and further mistakes have been made.