I accept that. I was here at the time and voted in that particular Division. It is important that the Government listen to their Back Benchers. We were not in government then, but it is important that Members are free to speak their minds independently. Indeed, they have done so in the debate that we have been having over two days—on both sides of the argument. There are those who still maintain that the action taken in Iraq, although it did not turn out as well as we wanted, was justified and right.
Report of the Iraq Inquiry
Proceeding contribution from
Michael Fallon
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 14 July 2016.
It occurred during Debate on Report of the Iraq Inquiry.
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