John Redwood, Tory trade and industry spokesman, was Questioner of the Year; Backbencher of the Year was Quentin Davies, Tory MP for Grantham and Stamford; and Margaret, Countess of Mar, was Peer of the Year for instigating an inquiry into Gulf War chemicals and the health of the armed forces.
The fact that Straw told us personally that he would have instigated an inquiry at the time if he had been in a position to do so does not lessen our frustration in failing to get ministers to accept what must be done.
He added: "We would fully support anyone's call for the British government to instigate any inquiry so as to establish the facts leading to and during our participation in the operation against Billy Wright".
"We asked the government to instigate a joint inquiry of Serco operations by the prisons and borders inspectors over two months ago.
Barker and his allies fought hard for the play and even managed, in 1909, to instigate a parliamentary inquiry into censorship.
The watchdog has consulted the industry on its initial findings and promised to make a final decision on whether to instigate a full inquiry by the summer.
Finucane's widow, Geraldine, who has refused to cooperate with three separate investigations by Sir John over the past 14 years, last night called on Tony Blair to instigate a public inquiry.
Mr Baird had denied claims of the creation of an engineering job in 1993 to suit Mr Voinov, and the commission had previously decided not to instigate a formal inquiry.
Cooper has previously called on the home secretary, Theresa May, to instigate a joint inquiry into Yarl's Wood by the prisons inspectorate and the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration.
Lonrho, which is making strong representations to the Government to instigate a Monopolies inquiry into the Egyptian takeover bid, said it had decided to dispose of the bulk of its 6.3percentnt shareholding in Fraser because of concern that a Monopolies reference would hit the share price and thus depress the value of its investment.
