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Delays over Iraq war report 'intolerable', says Welsh peer | |
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Delays over the publication of a report into the Iraq war have been branded "intolerable", by Tony Blair's former attorney general. | |
Lord Morris of Aberavon said families of those killed "are being forgotten completely". | |
He urged Prime Minister David Cameron to give Parliament a vote to force a timetable for the publication of the Chilcot Report on the 2003 war. | He urged Prime Minister David Cameron to give Parliament a vote to force a timetable for the publication of the Chilcot Report on the 2003 war. |
Sir John Chilcot launched his inquiry in 2009. | Sir John Chilcot launched his inquiry in 2009. |
Lord Morris was Mr Blair's chief legal adviser from 1997 to 1999. | Lord Morris was Mr Blair's chief legal adviser from 1997 to 1999. |
'Intolerable' | |
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme, he said of the inquiry: "Year after year (it has gone on for). We are talking about six years, a period much longer than the Iraq war. | |
"There are 179 families who lost loved ones, they are being forgotten completely." | |
Lord Morris said the length of the inquiry, that has included giving people time to respond to claims made, was "intolerable". | |
"If the evidence has been gathered and the responses are there then Parliament should decide where we go from here," he said. | |
He said nobody was listening to his calls for progress, adding it was "high time" something was done. | |
Lord Morris said Mr Cameron should order cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to report to Parliament on the progress of the inquiry. | Lord Morris said Mr Cameron should order cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to report to Parliament on the progress of the inquiry. |
He said MPs and peers should then be given a vote on a timetable for publication. | He said MPs and peers should then be given a vote on a timetable for publication. |