Hutton report timings revealed

Lord Hutton's hearings went on for six weeks

Lord Hutton will make a statement outlining the main findings of his inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly at 1230 GMT on Wednesday.

The full report will be published at 1330 GMT after the televised statement from the Royal Courts of Justice.

Dr Kelly apparently committed suicide last July after being named as the suspected source for the BBC's controversial Iraq weapons story.

Tony Blair will address MPs and take questions on the report from 1400 GMT.

Opposition prepare

Conservative leader Michael Howard and his Liberal Democrat counterpart Charles Kennedy will get advance sight of the report at 0600 GMT on Wednesday.

INQUIRY BACKGROUND September 2002: Government produces dossier about alleged Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, including claim they could be deployed within 45 minutes May 2003: BBC Today programme's Andrew Gilligan broadcasts report of claims Downing Street "sexed up" dossier, with 45 mins claim included against intelligence agencies' wishes 10 July 2003:Dr David Kelly named as suspected source of report as government continues to deny the story 17 July 2003: Dr Kelly found dead August 2003: Lord Hutton begins six weeks of hearings about the circumstances around Dr Kelly's death Q&A: Hutton Inquiry

That will give them time to prepare to tackle Mr Blair inside the House of Commons, although the government and the other parties involved in the inquiry will receive the report at 1200 on Tuesday.

The Westminster group of the Scottish National Party and Wales' Plaid Cymru have complained that Mr Blair has refused them advance sight of the report.

Claiming the decision was unfair, SNP chief whip at Westminster Pete Wishart said: "Tony Blair is becoming more shabby and evasive by the day."

Dr Kelly was the source for BBC Today programme defence correspondent Andrew Gilligan's report of claims Downing Street "sexed up" the weapons dossier.

The government faces questions about how it prepared the dossier and over its treatment of Dr Kelly once he admitted meeting Mr Gilligan.

But the BBC has also come under fire both for the original story and for the way it defended the broadcasts.

Lord Hutton's report comes a day after the crunch MPs' vote over the government's controversial plans for university top-up fees.