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Iraq Inquiry: Timetable 'might be published by November' | Iraq Inquiry: Timetable 'might be published by November' |
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Sources close to the Iraq Inquiry have indicated chairman Sir John Chilcot may write to David Cameron with a timetable for his report before 3 November. | Sources close to the Iraq Inquiry have indicated chairman Sir John Chilcot may write to David Cameron with a timetable for his report before 3 November. |
The sources would give no guidance on the precise date. | The sources would give no guidance on the precise date. |
Any correspondence is unlikely to be published on the inquiry's website until the prime minister replies. | Any correspondence is unlikely to be published on the inquiry's website until the prime minister replies. |
Sir John - who began his work in 2009 - has faced criticism for the length of time it is taking to produce the report. | Sir John - who began his work in 2009 - has faced criticism for the length of time it is taking to produce the report. |
He said he received the last of the responses to his findings from those facing criticism in September. | He said he received the last of the responses to his findings from those facing criticism in September. |
'Right judgment' | |
That concluded the so-called "Maxwellisation" process that was partly causing the report's delay. | That concluded the so-called "Maxwellisation" process that was partly causing the report's delay. |
During a House of Lords debate on the Chilcot inquiry on Thursday, former Labour law officer Lord Morris repeated criticism of the delay in producing the report. | |
He pointed out that the Franks report into the Falklands War took six months, and said: "Justice delayed is justice denied." | |
The peer also cautioned that Sir John's decision to produce a timetable did not mean he would simultaneously produce a date for publication. | |
Conservative peer Lord Finkelstein and Lib Dem peer Baroness Williams did not support pressure to speed up the inquiry. | |
Lord Finkelsten said "if Sir John is choosing depth over deadline, he is making the right judgment", while Baroness Williams said "getting to the truth is more important". | |
Former cabinet secretary Lord Butler - who chaired the inquiry into the intelligence behind the Iraq conflict - said of the Chilcot inquiry: "Judge it by its outcome, and be patient until that outcome is delivered." |
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