Iraq Inquiry

My Lords, I begin by associating myself with the expressions of gratitude to Sir John Chilcot and...

Hear, hear.

In the few minutes available, it is not possible to do justice to the herculean efforts of the Ch...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Campbell, with whom I had the pleasure...

My Lords, it is humbling to follow such a powerful and authoritative voice. I am also grateful to...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the right reverend Prelate, because I think there has been ...

My Lords, as one would expect, the debate in this House, like the references to Sir John Chilcot’...

My Lords, my father served on the Western Front in the First World War as a Royal Engineer office...

My Lords, this long-awaited report has done a thorough and commendable job. I wish to comment on ...

My Lords, this is a definitive and exceptionally valuable report, even if it has been a long time...

My Lords, like others I have still not had the opportunity to read the whole report and have reli...

My Lords, it is humbling to take part in such a valuable and thoughtful debate with so many excel...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a former special adviser to the late Robin Cook when he was Fo...

My Lords, I have an interest to declare because I was a TA officer serving in Kuwait and Iraq in ...

My Lords, the Chilcot report is a devastating record of what Gibbon called “the crimes and follie...

My Lords, I have had the pleasure of working under the chairmanship of Sir John Chilcot, admitted...

I opposed the Iraq War and in my speech of 26 February 2003, at col. 260 in Hansard, I set out th...

My Lords, along with colleagues who were in Cabinet at the time of the decision in 2003, I take r...

My Lords, I deeply regret my own decision to support the invasion of Iraq in 2003. When I look at...

My Lords, I am very honoured to follow my friend the noble Lord, Lord Owen, but I operate at a mu...

My Lords, I intend to concentrate on a matter that has been referred to by other noble Lords, whi...

My Lords, I rise to express my respect for the work of Sir John Chilcot and his colleagues in the...

My Lords, I associate myself with the words of condolence from both Front Benches to the families...

My Lords, I shall concentrate on what one might call the fiasco of the intelligence being over-eg...

My Lords, the decision to go to war in Iraq is not history; it is the here and now. I have to rej...

My Lords, I wish to deal with a further casualty of the war. I was a BBC governor in 2003, when t...

My Lords, to rise at number 30 in the “batting list” of today’s debate, and on this subject, is n...

My Lords, it has been a fascinating debate and I want to make two personal observations about cer...

My Lords, I am no expert on defence or foreign affairs but the invasion of Iraq has had so many c...

My Lords, as has been said, the Chilcot report is a dispiriting document. It is a sad catalogue o...

It is appropriate that we are having this debate today when a book of remembrance has been opened...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Soley, who spoke, as so often, abundan...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Birt, but I part company with hi...

My Lords, at last—at long, long last—Chilcot has reported, and it makes bleak reading. I had a ri...

My Lords, having looked again at my interventions in the House on 24 September 2002 and 18 March ...

My Lords, speaking towards the end of this debate, and finding myself squeezed between two of the...

My Lords, it is always a challenge to follow the trenchant words of the noble Lord, Lord Jopling....

My Lords, it is a great privilege to wind up for these Benches after such an extraordinary and wi...

My Lords, like all noble Lords in this debate, I pay tribute to Britain’s Armed Forces, and also ...

My Lords, this has been an excellent, if sobering, debate and I thank all those who have spoken. ...