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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

SDSR 2015 and the Army inquiry

Inquiry by the Defence Committee, 11 May 2016 to 4 October 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 14 June 2016: General Sir Nicholas Carter KCB, CBE, DSO, ADC, Chief of the General Staff, Major General John Crackett CB, TD, Director Reserves, David Stephens, Director Resources and Command Secretary (Army)
  • 5 July 2016: Air Vice-Marshal (retired) Paul Luker CB OBE AFC DL RAF, Chief Executive, Council of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association, and Clerk, United Kingdom Reserve Forces External Scrutiny Team
  • 11 October 2016: Lieutenant General (Retired) Sir Paul Newton KBE CBE, Professor of Strategy, University of Exeter, Professor Timothy Edmunds, Professor of International Security, University of Bristol, Dr Warren Chin, Senior Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, King's College London
  • 1 November 2016: Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Lieutenant General Mark Poffley OBE, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, Military Capability, Paul Wyatt, Head of Defence Strategy and Priorities