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Dominic Grieve was a Conservative MP until he was kicked out of the parliamentary party for rebelling against the government Image caption: Dominic Grieve was a Conservative MP until he was kicked out of the parliamentary party for rebelling against the government

Former chair of the committee Dominic Grieve says he has “no idea” why the report was delayed.

“There are two schools of thought - one is that they didn't like part of the content and they didn't want it publish just before the election.

"I’ve never really understood that - there are some things that might make uncomfortable reading but I think it was a very much in the public interest.

“The other one is that it was done because I was the chair and I had become an independent MP and they didn't want me to have the publicity.

“If that is the explanation it is shallow and base."

He says he is pleased the report has now been published but adds: “My pleasure is mitigated by a sense of frustration and bluntly anger at the way the government behaved over this report in October last year.

“There is no valid reason for it not being published then."