Iraq war inquiry statement
16 June 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Leader of the House of Lords, repeated the Government's statement announcing an independent privy counsellor committee of inquiry into Britain's involvement in Iraq from summer 2001-July 2009
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