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  Iraq Inquiry - Parliament to set the terms of reference - rejected
  
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  @ MP voted no to let the Government, rather than MPs, set the terms of reference for the Iraq inquiry
  @ MP voted aye to demand that MPs debate and set the terms of the Iraq inquiry
  
  The majority of MPs voted to let the Government, rather than MPs in the House of Commons, set the terms of reference for the Iraq inquiry.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against the motion, which read:[1]
  
  ** This House
  * while ''welcoming'' the announcement by the Government of an Inquiry into the war in Iraq, 
  * ''believes'' that the proceedings of the Committee of Inquiry should whenever possible be held in public and that the membership of the Committee should be wider and more diverse than the Government has proposed, and 
  * ''calls'' on the Government to revise its proposals for the Inquiry to meet these and other objections raised by hon. Members and to submit proposed terms of reference for it to the House on a substantive motion for full debate and scrutiny.
  
  In the [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2009-06-24&number=156 next vote],[2] a government sponsored motion was adopted.  
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2009-06-24c.800.1#g800.3 William Hague MP], House of Commons, 24 June 2009
  * [2] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2009-06-24&number=156 Iraq Inquiry - Welcomes the inquiry], House of Commons Division, 24 June 2009
  
  
  
  
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