On a brief point of information, I should say that historically this was British political history’s biggest rebellion within a governing party. Some 122 Back-Bench colleagues in the Labour party voted on the motion that the case was not proven; only 119 voted with the Government—under immense pressure from the Whips and others, as the hon. Gentleman pointed out.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry
Proceeding contribution from
Graham Allen
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 July 2016.
It occurred during Debate on Report of the Iraq Inquiry.
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