Report of the Iraq Inquiry

My Lords, I too thank the noble Earl, Lord Howe, for repeating the Statement this afternoon, and ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness and the noble and learned Lord for their comments a...

My Lords, war is terrible and a number of us in this Chamber have been involved in wars. When one...

My Lords, it is very important to make that distinction. At the same time, it behoves those in th...

My Lords, does the Minister agree that, while there are many criticisms of the Government contain...

I fully agree with my noble friend. I think that, in reading the report, there is no suggestion t...

My Lords, I take the opportunity to draw out what has already been implicit in what has been said...

The right reverend Prelate makes some extremely important points. It is important for us to say t...

My Lords, some of those involved in overseeing our intelligence community at the time know now, a...

The noble Lord is, of course, correct. Much depends on the culture that exists and is encouraged,...

My Lords, as a member of the Cabinet and of the inner Cabinet at the time, I accept my share of r...

The noble Lord makes some very important points. Of course, it was not just the Russians who oppo...

My Lords, does the noble Earl agree that it is important that we learn the vital lessons from thi...

The noble Lord, with his immense experience of the Middle East, draws attention to a particularly...

With regard to the principle asserted in the Statement that,

“taking the country to war sho...

Yes, undoubtedly so. It is perhaps one of Sir John’s most serious criticisms in the report that g...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his repetition of the Prime Minister’s Statement. Like my nobl...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. I have had precisely an hour, prior to its publication, to l...

My Lords, is there not a striking parallel between the failure to plan for an aftermath in 2003 a...

With respect to the noble Baroness, we are dealing with two very different situations. It is not ...

My Lords, as a member of the then Cabinet, along with my noble friends, I first express my condol...

First, I express my agreement with what the noble Lord has rightly said about the Chiefs of the D...

My Lords, I add to the tributes paid to those who fought, those who died and those who were injur...

I am sure that the House listened with great respect to the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, and takes...