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  Iraq - Weapons of Mass Destruction Inquiry
  
  --- MOTION EFFECT ---
  
  
  <p>The majority of MPs voting voted against the motion:</p>
  
  <blockquote>This House -- 
  <ul>
  <li><em>recalls</em> the Prime Minister's assertion that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction capable of being used at 45 minutes' notice; </li>
  <li><em>further recalls</em> the Government's contention that these weapons posed an imminent danger to the United Kingdom and its forces; </li>
  <li><em>notes</em> that to date no such weapons have been found; and</li>
  <li><em>calls</em> for an independent inquiry into the handling of the intelligence received, its assessment and the decisions made by ministers based upon it.</li>
  </ul></blockquote>
  
  <p>A new motion was proposed in its place:</p>
  
  <blockquote>This House -- 
  <ul>
  <li><em>believes</em> that the <a href="http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/intelligence/">Intelligence and Security Committee</a> established by Parliament is the appropriate body to carry out any inquiry into intelligence relating to Iraq; and </li>
  <li><em>notes</em> in relation to Iraq's disarmament obligations the terms of <a href="http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions03.html">United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483</a>.</li>
  </ul></blockquote>
  
  <p>The text of the inquiry is <a href="http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/publications/reports/isc/iwmdia.pdf">here</a>.</p>
  
  
  --- COMMENTS AND NOTES ---
  
  (put thoughts and notes for other researchers here)
  