Iraq Inquiry — Not the right time — 25 Mar 2008 at 21:45

The majority of MPs voted against holding an inquiry into the Iraq war at this time but to agree a time will come when an inquiry is appropriate.

The majority voted for the motion before Parliament, which read:

This House --

• notes the Resolutions of this House of 31st October 2006^[1] and 11th June 2007^[2] on an Iraq inquiry;
• recognises that this House has already twice voted against holding an inquiry at these times;
• further recognises that a time will come when an inquiry is appropriate; but
• declines to make a proposal for a further inquiry at this time, whilst important operations are underway in Iraq to support the people and government of Iraq.

This replaced a motion in favour of an inquiry that was voted down previously.^[4]

• [1] Division 331, House of Commons, 31 October 2006.
• [2] Division 136, House of Commons, 11 June 2007
• [3] David Miliband MP, House of Commons, 25 March 2008.
• [4] Division 133, House of Commons, 25 March 2008

The question supported by the majority of MPs was:

That the original words stand part of the Question

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