BLAIR'S WAR BOOK AND NEED FOR JUDICIAL INQUIRY INTO IRAQ CONFLICT

Early day motion 1686, tabled 15 September 2003 by Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party). Signed by 12 members.

That this House notes the contents of the book 'Blair's War' by Mr John Kampfner, the political editor of the New Statesman, which states that the Foreign Secretary sent a memorandum to the Prime Minister before the start of the Iraq war urging him not to commit UK forces, and that the Prime Minister agreed to go to war with the United States as early as April 2002 during a summit with President George W. Bush in Texas; and believes that these well-sourced claims make it essential that there is an independent judicial inquiry into the full background and circumstances of the Government's decision to go to war in Iraq.

Signatures by party: Labour 4, Liberal Democrat 4, Scottish National Party 3, Plaid Cymru 1.