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1100: The session begins. Mr Bruce thanks Mr Blair for attending.
1045: Just 15 minutes to go. The select committee's chairman, Lib Dem MP Malcolm Bruce, is likely to ask the first question, with other members then taking their turns. The session is being held in the Thatcher Room.
0945: Only people - such as journalists and MPs and their staff - are going to be able to be in the room as the ex-PM gives his evidence. For security reasons, members of the public who could normally file into the committee room to watch will have to look at a specially erected big screen in a separate room. A big turnout is still expected. At Westminster, Mr Blair is what the entertainment industry calls "major box office".
0930: Mr Blair has been talking to the media ahead of his return to the Palace of Westminster. He told GMTV earlier that he was "100% supportive" of successor Gordon Brown, admitting that, given the global economic and security situation, it was "difficult for all leaders at the moment around the western world". In a precursor to his grilling by MPs on his Middle East role, he said it was his aim to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "the way we did Northern Ireland". The select committee session begins at 1100.
(BBC)
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