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Report of the Iraq Inquiry

Proceeding contribution from Hilary Benn (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 July 2016. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Report of the Iraq Inquiry.

All of us who voted for the Iraq war must and will take our share of responsibility, but there are many of us who do not regret the fact that Saddam Hussein is no longer in power, for the reasons so powerfully set out a moment ago by my right hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd). Does the Prime Minister recognise that one of the wider lessons from Iraq is that we need a United Nations that is capable of giving effect to the responsibility to protect, so that brutal dictators who murder and terrorise their own population can and will be held to account?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
612 c901 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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