| Date: | Monday June 23, @12:29AM |
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| Author: | ewing2001 |
| Topic: | News |
| from the Guardian dept. | |
Press Association -Monday June 23, 2003 -Guardian
Alastair Campbell will now appear before a Commons committee investigating claims that the public was misled in the run-up to the war on Iraq, Downing Street announced today.
The appearance of Whitehall's chief spin doctor - Tony Blair's director of communications and strategy - at the foreign affairs select committee inquiry marks a u-turn by Downing Street.
It rejected an initial approach, saying such a move would break with precedent, and turned down a second request from the committee only on Friday.
The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, confirmed Mr Campbell's appearance - at a date yet to be fixed - in a letter today to the committee's chairman, Labour MP Donald Anderson.
Mr Blair's official spokesman said the about-turn had been prompted by weekend stories - which he did not specify - containing misinformation
Straw's letter to Foreign Affairs committee chief
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... on Friday last, 20 June, informing you of the decision about Mr Alastair Campbell's ... evidence
so far given to your Committee in respect of this inquiry ...
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