Meeting of the Parliament 13 March 2013
I am disappointed, although not surprised, that the Labour Party opposes the business programme for next week. Paul Martin talked about unanswered questions. The big unanswered question is why Tony Blair misled the people of this country in order to send our soldiers to an illegal war in Iraq. It is exactly 10 years to the day since the Scottish Parliament debated the Iraq war, and next week marks 10 years since the invasion began. This is an opportune time to look back and to learn from the appalling mistakes and distortions that led the United Kingdom into an illegal conflict that came at a very high cost—a cost that many veterans are paying to this day.
The Government takes the view that, as long as our brave young men and women are sent to conflicts around the world, this Parliament should—[Interruption.]