Chilcot Inquiry Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Tuesday 6th January 2015

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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My Lords, I was not aware that I, certainly, had ever called it “illegal”.

Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack (Con)
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My Lords, after all the excitement and excitable nature of yesterday’s proceedings, would not pre-election purdah be rather a good idea?

Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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Pre-election purdah does not formally start until late March, but the Government have committed that if the report is not available for publication by the end of February, it will be held back until after the election.