31 October 2006

Vote on Iraq Inquiry

The government may be defeated today over calls for an inquiry into the Iraq war.

The Conservatives are calling for a Franks (post-Falklands) style inquiry, in the next parliamentary session, with inquiry members being drawn from outside politics.

If the government doesn't support this, they are hinting that they could vote with the SNP and Plaid Cymru for the following motion:

"That this House believes that there should be a select committee of seven honourable Members, being members of Her Majesty's Privy Council, to review the way in which the responsibilities of government were discharged in relation to Iraq and all matters relevant thereto, in the period leading up to military action in that country in March 2003 and in its aftermath."
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Tartan Hero said...

Fantastic debate today only to be let down by the toadying of spineless Labour MPs such as Jim McGovern of Dundee West and Jim Devine of Livingston.

I've just posted the names of the 12 Labour MPs who voted against the SNP/Plaid motion which was almost identical to the Early Day Motion (1088) which these same 12 Labour MPs signed. If they. along with other co-signatories had voted No yesterday (fine chance of their parliamentary voting record matching their public posturing) then Blair would have been defeated (unlikely to have resigned) but a House of Commons Select Committee could have started the process of investigating Suez II aka the Iraq invasion.

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