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ELIZABETH WILMSHURST AND THE WAR IN IRAQ

That this House commends Elizabeth Wilmshurst, former Deputy Legal Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, for her admirable conduct and the frank and sincere advice she gave at the Chilcot inquiry; notes that Elizabeth Wilmshurst and many of her colleagues believed there to be no legal basis for the Iraq War without further input from the UN Security Council; further notes that Elizabeth Wilmshurst described the Government's attitude towards Departmental legal advice as dismissive; praises her for having the courage to resign when her advice was ignored, confident that she was right; believes that this contrasts starkly with the attitude of senior Ministers who then pushed forward with the decision to invade Iraq, knowing that the Government's own legal advisers believed it would be illegal to do so; questions whether it is usual procedure for the Government to instruct lawyers to draft legal documents that contradict strong expert opinion; and hopes that in future proper effective measures are put in place to ensure Government policy is compliant with law and that this never happens again.

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Name Party Constituency Date Signed
Bottomley, Peter Conservative Party Worthing West 28.01.2010
Burt, Lorely Liberal Democrats Solihull 03.02.2010
Caton, Martin Labour Party Gower 02.02.2010
Cohen, Harry Labour Party Leyton and Wanstead 29.01.2010
Corbyn, Jeremy Labour Party Islington North 27.01.2010
Cryer, Ann Labour Party Keighley 28.01.2010
Davey, Edward Liberal Democrats Kingston and Surbiton 03.02.2010
Davies, Dai INDEPENDENT Blaenau Gwent 01.02.2010
Drew, David Labour Party Stroud 28.01.2010
Durkan, Mark Social Democratic and Labour Party Foyle 08.02.2010
Flynn, Paul Labour Party Newport West 02.02.2010
Galloway, George Respect Bethnal Green and Bow 05.02.2010
Gerrard, Neil Labour Party Walthamstow 03.02.2010
Hancock, Mike Liberal Democrats Portsmouth South 01.02.2010
Holmes, Paul Liberal Democrats Chesterfield 02.02.2010
Hopkins, Kelvin Labour Party Luton North 03.02.2010
Howarth, David Liberal Democrats Cambridge 22.02.2010
Jones, Lynne Labour Party Birmingham Selly Oak 28.01.2010
Leech, John Liberal Democrats Manchester Withington 22.02.2010
Llwyd, Elfyn Plaid Cymru Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 03.02.2010
MacNeil, Angus Scottish National Party Na h-Eileanan an Iar 01.02.2010
McDonnell, John Labour Party Hayes and Harlington 27.01.2010
Mulholland, Greg Liberal Democrats Leeds North West 27.01.2010
Pugh, John Liberal Democrats Southport 28.01.2010
Russell, Bob Liberal Democrats Colchester 27.01.2010
Simpson, Alan Labour Party Nottingham South 03.02.2010
Stunell, Andrew Liberal Democrats Hazel Grove 01.02.2010
Wareing, Robert N Labour Party Liverpool West Derby 02.02.2010
Williams, Mark Liberal Democrats Ceredigion 04.02.2010
Williams, Stephen Liberal Democrats Bristol West 01.02.2010
Wyatt, Derek Labour Party Sittingbourne and Sheppey 02.02.2010
Younger-Ross, Richard Liberal Democrats Teignbridge 03.02.2010