Iraq Inquiry: 21st Jan. Mark Calendars

Tony Blair to appear again on 21 January

12 January 2011 - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry for a second time on 21 January.

He is one of a number of key figures asked to appear before the Chilcot committee again.

Far fewer people applied for the ballot to watch Mr Blair's second session - 191 as opposed to more than 3,000 the first time around.

Last year Mr Blair defended his decision to go to war - the inquiry says it wants more detail in key areas.

Sixty seats for the second hearing have been allocated by public ballot - a third of which were reserved for relatives of those killed in the conflict.

The Chilcot committee is holding an inquiry into the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. {continued}