"nothing to hid, nothing to fear"

The title comes from something I vaguely heard on Today this morning with respect to the DNA database, but I think it can equally be applied to the Commons debate yesterday on calls for an Iraq inquiry.
The quotes from the foreign secretary, in the BBC report, sum up all that is wrong about our current government leadership mentality:

In the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said: "I have no doubt that there will be a time when we want to learn lessons."

Subtext: "But we don't want to learn about them now, when we may be able to do something about it. And we definitely don't want there to be a chance that there is an admission of error while we're up to our necks in the mire."
By opposing an inquiry you can only be lead to believe that there is something that they don't want to come out into the open while we still have troops on the ground.
Interesting to see which serial rebels voted with the opposition. Most of the usual suspects, but no mention of Selly Oak MP, Dr Lynne Jones, which is disappointing.