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| Tories seek Iraq war inquiry vote | Tories seek Iraq war inquiry vote |
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| The Tories are planning to force a vote calling for an inquiry into the Iraq war, despite Gordon Brown's claims that it would be a diversion for UK troops. | The Tories are planning to force a vote calling for an inquiry into the Iraq war, despite Gordon Brown's claims that it would be a diversion for UK troops. |
| Shadow foreign secretary William Hague says "now is the right time" to hold one, otherwise files and e-mails may disappear and "memories will fade". | Shadow foreign secretary William Hague says "now is the right time" to hold one, otherwise files and e-mails may disappear and "memories will fade". |
| Mr Brown says there will be an inquiry "when it is appropriate". | Mr Brown says there will be an inquiry "when it is appropriate". |
| The Liberal Democrats say they want an apology from every Labour and Tory MP who backed the US-led invasion. | The Liberal Democrats say they want an apology from every Labour and Tory MP who backed the US-led invasion. |
| The Conservatives are using the fifth anniversary of the start of the war and their opposition-led debate to step up pressure on Mr Brown to hold a probe. | The Conservatives are using the fifth anniversary of the start of the war and their opposition-led debate to step up pressure on Mr Brown to hold a probe. |
| 'Get on with it' | 'Get on with it' |
| A Conservative call for a full inquiry was defeated in the Commons last June by 288 votes to 253, with the government's majority nearly halved. | A Conservative call for a full inquiry was defeated in the Commons last June by 288 votes to 253, with the government's majority nearly halved. |
| Unless an inquiry begins pretty soon, I think memories will fade, files will disappear and emails will be erased William HagueShadow foreign secretary class="" href="/1/hi/uk_politics/7312757.stm">Q&A: Iraq War inquiries | |
| Mr Hague told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We have just had the fifth anniversary of the invasion and of course many of the decisions leading up to the war were made before that, in 2002 and arguably, in 2001. | Mr Hague told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We have just had the fifth anniversary of the invasion and of course many of the decisions leading up to the war were made before that, in 2002 and arguably, in 2001. |
| "Unless an inquiry begins pretty soon, we're going to be asking people about decisions that were six, seven years and more back in time and I think memories will fade, files will disappear and e-mails will be erased. | "Unless an inquiry begins pretty soon, we're going to be asking people about decisions that were six, seven years and more back in time and I think memories will fade, files will disappear and e-mails will be erased. |
| "There comes a point where we do have to get on with it. | "There comes a point where we do have to get on with it. |
| "In addition, the huge problems of how to administer Iraq after the invasion - the study of that may lead to lessons which have direct applicability to the situation in Afghanistan, so again it's important these lessons are learned." | "In addition, the huge problems of how to administer Iraq after the invasion - the study of that may lead to lessons which have direct applicability to the situation in Afghanistan, so again it's important these lessons are learned." |
| Justice Secretary Jack Straw said the prime minister had already made it clear that the right time to hold a probe was not now. | Justice Secretary Jack Straw said the prime minister had already made it clear that the right time to hold a probe was not now. |
| 'Astonished' | 'Astonished' |
| "What is more important even than an inquiry is that the troops who are on the ground - there are still 4,100 British troops in harms in Iraq - should not themselves be distracted by what would inevitably and understandably be a very significant argument about whether it is right or wrong for them to be present," he told Today. | "What is more important even than an inquiry is that the troops who are on the ground - there are still 4,100 British troops in harms in Iraq - should not themselves be distracted by what would inevitably and understandably be a very significant argument about whether it is right or wrong for them to be present," he told Today. |
| On the very acute issue which was the intelligence failure, there has already been a very substantial inquiry into that Jack StrawJustice Secretary | On the very acute issue which was the intelligence failure, there has already been a very substantial inquiry into that Jack StrawJustice Secretary |
| He said he was "astonished" to hear Mr Hague's claims that files would disappear. | He said he was "astonished" to hear Mr Hague's claims that files would disappear. |
| "That's a very thin argument. No files are going to disappear. No e-mails are going to be erased. | "That's a very thin argument. No files are going to disappear. No e-mails are going to be erased. |
| "And on the very acute issue which was the intelligence failure, there has already been a very substantial inquiry into that." | "And on the very acute issue which was the intelligence failure, there has already been a very substantial inquiry into that." |
| The Lib Dems, who have also called for a full inquiry into the Iraq war, have tabled an amendment to the Conservative motion calling for Labour and Tory politicians who supported it to apologise. | The Lib Dems, who have also called for a full inquiry into the Iraq war, have tabled an amendment to the Conservative motion calling for Labour and Tory politicians who supported it to apologise. |
| 'Catastrophe' | 'Catastrophe' |
| They have also produced a poster of Conservative leader David Cameron asking why he was now calling for a probe when his party's then leadership - and 146 of his MPs - supported the invasion in 2003. | They have also produced a poster of Conservative leader David Cameron asking why he was now calling for a probe when his party's then leadership - and 146 of his MPs - supported the invasion in 2003. |
| Edward Davey, the Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman, dismissed suggestions that his party's call was a stunt, arguing that an apology from MPs who backed the war would regain trust with the electorate. | Edward Davey, the Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman, dismissed suggestions that his party's call was a stunt, arguing that an apology from MPs who backed the war would regain trust with the electorate. |
| "One of the other major damages of the whole Iraq catastrophe was that it undermined public trust and confidence in Parliament and the government of the day," he told Today. | "One of the other major damages of the whole Iraq catastrophe was that it undermined public trust and confidence in Parliament and the government of the day," he told Today. |
| "And one of the purposes of an inquiry is to regain that trust, rebuild that trust - absolutely essential - and I think part of that rebuilding of confidence and trust requires politicians to actually say, 'yeah, we got it wrong'." | "And one of the purposes of an inquiry is to regain that trust, rebuild that trust - absolutely essential - and I think part of that rebuilding of confidence and trust requires politicians to actually say, 'yeah, we got it wrong'." |