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| Delays over Iraq war report 'intolerable', says Welsh peer | 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. | 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". | 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. |
| Mr Cameron called delays over Sir John Chilcot's inquiry "frustrating". | |
| 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' | 'Intolerable' |
| Speaking to BBC Wales, 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. | Speaking to BBC Wales, 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." | "There are 179 families who lost loved ones - they are being forgotten completely." |
| Lord Morris said the length of the inquiry, which he said had given people an "interminable" amount of time to respond to criticism against them, was "intolerable". | Lord Morris said the length of the inquiry, which he said had given people an "interminable" amount of time to respond to criticism against them, was "intolerable". |
| "If the evidence has been gathered and the responses are there then Parliament should decide where we go from here," he said. | "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. | 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. |
| 'Frustrating' | |
| The inquiry was set up in 2009 and was meant to report in 2011. | The inquiry was set up in 2009 and was meant to report in 2011. |
| It was commissioned by the Gordon Brown-led Labour government to look at the background to UK involvement in the Iraq war, which began when Tony Blair was prime minister in 2003. | It was commissioned by the Gordon Brown-led Labour government to look at the background to UK involvement in the Iraq war, which began when Tony Blair was prime minister in 2003. |
| Sir John has said he is making "significant progress", but is still awaiting responses. Chancellor George Osborne has previously said the government would not intervene in the independent publication. | Sir John has said he is making "significant progress", but is still awaiting responses. Chancellor George Osborne has previously said the government would not intervene in the independent publication. |
| The prime minister said: 'What I've said before it's frustrating, we want this inquiry finished. | |
| "It's for the good of the families, for the good of the country - people want to know the truth, they want this inquiry out and so do I." |