Chilcot Committee: Intercept Evidence Debate

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Chilcot Committee: Intercept Evidence

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Tuesday 24th July 2012

(12 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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The noble Lord makes a very valid point about the importance of intelligence, and why we do not necessarily want to risk losing that intelligence by making use of it as evidence. I am grateful to the noble Lord for his support, and I look forward to being slapped around on this by noble Lords from all sides of the House for months to come.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours
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Is there a precedent anywhere for Governments having published independent legal advice?

Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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My Lords, as the noble Lord will be well aware, it is the general rule that legal advice is not published.