{"longTitle":"A Bill to make provision for the holding of an inquiry into the Iraq war.","summary":"<p>This Bill was presented by the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for foreign affairs, and supported by other front bench Liberal Democrats. <br><br>Key areas:</p><ul><li>It is designed to establish an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the invasion of Iraq in 2003, using powers under the Inquiries Act 2005</li><li>The Government would be responsible for appointing a panel of 12 members who would have powers to investigate </li><li>The inquiry would cover the origins, inception, legality and conduct of the hostilities and would make its findings public. Since 2003, there have been a number of campaigns to establish an independent inquiry.<br></li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":919,"name":"Lord McNally","party":"Liberal Democrat","partyColour":"fc7d0b","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/919/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/919/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":299,"shortTitle":"Iraq War Inquiry Bill [HL]","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Lords","originatingHouse":"Lords","lastUpdate":"2009-02-23T12:31:56","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":2,"introducedSessionId":21,"includedSessionIds":[21],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":2187,"stageId":2,"sessionId":21,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Lords","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}