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Iraq Inquiry

Put that the Prime Minister s letter to Sir John Chilcot last night said that the decision as to whether or not the sessions would be held in public or private was down to Sir John himself, the PMS said that that was what the Prime Minister s letter to Sir John Chilcot of last week had also said. Last week s letter also set out the objectives for the Iraq inquiry and asked Sir John Chilcot to consider how best those objectives could be met in the way that the inquiry was conducted. Sir John Chilcot had come back to us with his initial views on how he thought the inquiry should best be conducted in order to meet its objectives.

Asked if the Prime Minister would want assurances that issues like national security would not be compromised, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had set out his concerns regarding that in his letter to Sir John Chilcot last week. All those issues were addressed and acknowledged by Sir John Chilcot in his reply.

Asked if the Prime Minister expected Tony Blair to give evidence, the PMS said that it was not something for the Prime Minister to comment on; it would depend on how Sir John Chilcot considered the best way to conduct his inquiry. No doubt Sir John would have to take a view as to which witnesses to invite and what the circumstances might be surrounding individual evidence sessions, however we were not going to start commenting on individuals at this point.

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