LONDON, July 27 (UPI) -- Two former British military officials have not explained why they gave contradictory testimony on the use of torture in Iraq, a parliamentary committee says.

The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights claims former Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram and Lt. Gen. Robin Brims, former commander of British forces in Iraq, did not address its concerns about discrepancies in explanations about whether or when torture was approved for use on Iraqi prisoners, The Observer reported Sunday.


The committee also said Britain's defense minister blocked its inquiries by refusing to explain why such senior figures appeared to be unaware of whether or not torture techniques may have been officially sanctioned, the British newspaper said.

"We have yet to receive an explanation from the MoD for the discrepancies in evidence given to the committee by Ingram in 2004 and Lieutenant General Brims in 2006 on the use of these illegal conditioning techniques," committee Chairman Andrew Dismore said.