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Decision-making in Defence Policy

Inquiry by the Defence Committee, 16 September 2014 to 14 September 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 16 December 2014: Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO, former HM Ambassador to Kabul, and former Special Representative to the Foreign Secretary for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Brigadier (Retd) Ed Butler, Lieutenant General (Retd), Sir Robert Fry KCB CBE and Mr Desmond Bowen, former Director General of Policy, Ministry of Defence
  • 6 January 2015: Dr Howells, former Foreign Office Minister, Pauline Hayes, former Head of Office in Afghanistan 2010-12, Department for International Development
  • 14 January 2015: Rt Hon Lord West of Spithead, former First Sea Lord, and Sir Nick Harvey, former Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence
  • 21 January 2015: Major General Christopher Elliott, (retired), author of “High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghan Wars”
  • 3 February 2015: Evidence given by Baroness Neville-Jones, former member of the National Security Council, and Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the Defence Staff.
  • 4 February 2015: Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, and Peter Watkins, Director General Security Policy.