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Hutton to give own evidence on role of government inquiries

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

London, Jan. 29, IRNA -- A day after presenting his controversial 
report into the circumstances leading to the death of former Iraq 
arms inspector David Kelly, it was announced Thursday that Lord 
Hutton has agreed to give his own evidence to an inquiry. 
The Parliamentary Public Administration Select Committee said that 
the former Law Lord would be questioned about the role of government 
inquiries and implications of his report. 
Committee chairman, Labour MP Tony Wright said that no date had 
yet been set for his appearance but that he was delighted he had 
agreed to give evidence to the all-party group of MPs. 
"His inquiry has been innovative in the way it has worked while 
its conclusions are likely to raise important issues for Parliament 
and the machinery of government," he said. 
Wright said the MPs would "not seek to revisit the facts or 
conclusions of Lord Hutton`s report," but added that it was an 
opportunity to "make sure we learn from it." 
His inquiry was seen as unique by its relative speed and in the 
way it was held openly in public, with the submission of evidence 
immediately accessible on its own special website. It also gave an 
unprecedented insight into the workings of government. 
But at the same time, the transparency has added to the intense 
criticism of Hutton`s findings, with the majority of the British 
press describing it as a "whitewash." 
Many dailies questioned the "imbalance" of his report in 
comparison with the submission, especially in the way exonerated the 
government in its the treatment of Kelly, while castigating the 
editorial control and regulation of the BBC. 
HC/212 
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