How terribly British!

BBC (my emphasis):

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is giving details of an inquiry into the Iraq war in the House of Commons.

Opposition parties - and many Labour MPs - have been calling for one since shortly after the 2003 invasion.

The BBC understands the probe will be held in private and cover the period from July 2001 to July 2009.

The independent inquiry will begin work next month and take at least a year. Its aim will be to identify "lessons learned"' and not to "apportion blame".