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Call for Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq war to be published

Political leaders in Scotland have called for the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war to be published without further delay.

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Murphy: Chilcot Inquiry 'crucially important' work

Minister under the government of Tony Blair and now Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy, joined Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie in calling for the earliest possible publication of the findings.

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy. Credit: PA

MPs will get a chance to discuss the delay in a Commons debate later this month.

The Chilcot Inquiry is a crucially important piece of work that must be conducted thoroughly and forensically.

The Inquiry was initiated by Labour in July 2009, because it is vital to identify the lessons that can be learned from the conflict.

There is rightly real public interest in the findings of such an important inquiry and I think it is right that there is the earliest possible publication of the report.

– d Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy

The Commons debate on the report will take place on January 29, at the request of Tory MP David Davis.

Call for Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq war to be published

Political leaders in Scotland have called for the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war to be published without further delay.

The multimillion-pound probe, examining decisions and actions taken around the invasion of Iraq in 2003, was launched more than five years ago. The final round of hearings took place in early 2011 but the report has yet to be made public.

It is understood First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is rallying support among Scottish party chiefs for its prompt publication.

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