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" There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary. "
William Hague
Secretary
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" I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons. "
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