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Shifting the Goalposts? Defence Expenditure and the 2% pledge

Inquiry by the Defence Committee, 8 September 2015 to 21 April 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 13 October 2015: Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Professor Keith Hartley, University of York, and Dr Robin Niblett CMG, Director, Chatham House (at 11.30am)
  • 17 November 2015: Professor Julian Lindley-French, Senior Fellow, Institute of Statecraft, Jonathan Parish, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO, and General Sir Richard Shirreff KCB CBE, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
  • 1 December 2015: Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Air Marshal Sir Steven Hillier KCB CBE DFC RAF, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Capability), and Peter Watkins CBE, Director General for Security Policy, Ministry of Defence