Select Committee on Defence First Special Report




  ANNEX A

LIST OF WITNESSES

Tuesday 29 July 1997

Gulf War Illnesses: Dr John Reid, Minster of State for the Armed Forces, Mr Edgar Buckley and Mr Mike Tonnison, Ministry of Defence.

Wednesday 30 July 1997

Strategic Defence Review: Rt Hon George Robertson, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Defence, and Mr Richard Hatfield, Deputy Under-Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Defence.

Wednesday 12 November 1997

Strategic Defence Review: Professor Michael Clarke, Admiral Sir James Eberle, Professor Christopher Hill and Dr Michael Hodges.

Wednesday 19 November 1997

Strategic Defence Review: Field Marshal The Lord Bramall KG GCB OBE MC JP, Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Craig of Radley GCB OBE and Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Lewin KG GCB LVO DSC.

Wednesday 3 December 1997

Strategic Defence Review: Mr Michael Codner, Dr Colin McInnes and Dr Philip Sabin.

Wednesday 10 December 1997

Strategic Defence Review: Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine GCB GBE FRAeS CIMgt, General Sir John Wilsey GCB CDE DL, Vice Admiral Sir Jonathan Tod KCB CBE.

Thursday 11 December 1997

Strategic Defence Review: Field Marshal The Lord Vincent GBE KCB DSO.

Wednesday 14 January 1998

NATO Enlargement: Rt Hon George Robertson MP, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Brian Hawtin CB, Deputy Policy Director, Ministry of Defence, and Mr Roland Smith, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Monday 19 January 1998

Dr Gyula Horn, Prime Minister, and Mr László Kovács, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of Hungary.

Wednesday 21 January 1998

Strategic Defence Review: General Sir Edward Jones, Chairman of the Council of TAVRAs, Colonel Tony Sellon, Chairman of the Greater London TAVRA, and Colonel Mike Taylor, Chairman of the North Western TAVRA. General Sir Michael Walker, Commander in Chief, Land Command, and Brigadier Richard Holmes, Ministry of Defence.

Thursday 29 January 1998

Draft Visiting Forces (Application of Law) (Amendment) Order 1998: Stephen Pollard, Director, Central and Eastern Europe Directorate, Martin Fuller, Head of Secretariat (Air Staff), and Nicholas Beach, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Defence.

Wednesday 11 February 1998

Strategic Defence Review: The Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, Mr Graham Stegmann, Head, Aid Policy Department, and Dr Kabila, Acting Head, Emergency Aid Department, Department for International Development.

NATO Enlargement: Dr Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Minister for National Defence, Republic of Poland.

Wednesday 18 February 1998

NATO Enlargement: Tony Lloyd, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a Member of the House, Mr Roland Smith, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Mr Brian Hawtin CB, Deputy Policy Director, Ministry of Defence.

Wednesday 4 March 1998

Lessons of the Chinook Crash on the Mull of Kintyre: Dr John Reid, a Member of the House, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Air Vice Marshal Tim Jenner, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff and Colonel Barry Hodgkiss, Assistant Director, Helicopter Projects, Ministry of Defence.

Wednesday 11 March 1998

The Defence Evaluation and Research Agency: Lord Gilbert, a Member of the House of Lords, Minister for Defence Procurement, John Howe, Deputy Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence, and John Chisholm, Chief Executive, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency.

Wednesday 18 March 1998

Strategic Defence Review: General Sir Michael Walker, Brigadier Richard Holmes and Mr John Pitt-Brooke, Ministry of Defence.

Wednesday 25 March 1998

Strategic Defence Review: Mr David Bryer, Director, Oxfam, Professor Michael MccGwire, Mr David Mepham, Programme Co-ordinator, British Foreign Policy, Saferworld and Professor Paul Rogers, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University.

Wednesday 1 April 1998

Aspects of Defence Procurement and Industrial Policy: David Wright, President, and Alan Sharman, Director General, Defence Manufacturers Association, Gordon Page, President, and David Marshall, Director General, Society of British Aerospace Companies, Kevin Smith, British Aerospace, Nick Prest, Alvis and David Evans, Chemring Group.

Wednesday 8 April 1998

Strategic Defence Review: Mr Tony Lloyd, a Member of the House, Minister of State, Mr Roland Smith, Director (International Security) and Mr John Duncan, Deputy Head of Security Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Wednesday 22 April1998

Strategic Defence Review: Paul Beaver, Jane's UK, Charles Dick, Conflict Studies Research Centre, Professor Lawrence Freedman, Department of War Studies, King's College London and Dr Eric Grove, Politics Department, University of Hull.

Thursday 30 April 1998

Aspects of Defence Procurement and Industrial Policy: Lord Gilbert, Minister for Defence Procurement, Sir Robert Walmsley, Chief of Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence, John Battle, a Member of the House, Minister for Science, Energy and Industry, John Neilson, Director of Aerospace and Defence Industries Policy, Department of Trade and Industry.

Wednesday 6 May 1998

Strategic Defence Review: Professor Trevor Taylor and Dr Brian Hilton, Royal Military College, Shrivenham, Professor Keith Hartley and Mr Nick Hooper, University of York.

Wednesday 24 June 1998

The Reserves Call Out Order 1998, Etc.: Brigadier Richard Holmes, Director of Reserve Forces and Cadets, Brigadier John Smales, Assistant Chief of Staff Reserves and John Tesh, Deputy Command Secretary, Land Command.

Monday 13 July 1998

Strategic Defence Review: Mr George Robertson , a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Defence, Rear Admiral Nigel Essenhigh, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes), Mr Colin Balmer, Principal Finance Officer and Mr Richard Hatfield, Policy Director, Ministry of Defence.

Tuesday 14 July 1998

Strategic Defence Review: General Sir Charles Guthrie CGB, LVE, OBE, ADG Gen, Chief of the Defence Staff.

Wednesday 15 July1998

Strategic Defence Review: Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Steve Nicholl, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements)(Air) and Mr Trevor Wooley, Assistant Under-Secretary (Programmes), Ministry of Defence.

Thursday 16 July 1998

Strategic Defence Review: Rt Hon Lord Gilbert, Minister for Defence Procurement, Sir Robert Walmsley KCB, Chief of Defence Procurement, Mr Trevor Wooley, Assistant Under-Secretary (Programmes), Ministry of Defence.

Monday 20 July1998

Strategic Defence Review: Admiral Sir Jock Slater, First Sea Lord, Commodore Rory McLean, Director of Naval Planning and Mr Trevor Wooley, Assistant Under-Secretary (Programmes), Ministry of Defence.

Tuesday 21 July 1998

Strategic Defence Review: General Sir Roger Wheeler, Chief of the General Staff, and Mr Trevor Wooley, Assistant Under-Secretary (Programmes), Ministry of Defence.

Strategic Defence Review: Colonel Richard Putnam, Senior Vice-Chairman, Council of TAVRAs and Chairman, South Eastern TAVRA, Colonel Mike Taylor, Chairman, North Western TAVRA, Colonel Tony Sellon, Chairman, Greater London TAVRA.

Wednesday 22 July1998

Strategic Defence Review: Sir Michael Alexander, Sir Timothy Garden and Mr John Rose.

Strategic Defence Review: Dr John Reid, a Member of the House, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Admiral Sir Peter Abbot, KCB, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Mr Nick Witney, Director General, Management and Organisation, Major General Mike Willcocks, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff, Miss Margaret Aldred, Assistant Under Secretary of State (Personnel Policy) and Air Marshal John Baird, Surgeon General, Ministry of Defence.

Thursday 23 July 1998

Strategic Defence Review: Mr Tony Lloyd, a Member of the House, Minister of State, Mr Michael Ryder, Head of Security Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr Richard Hatfield, Policy Director, Ministry of Defence.

Strategic Defence Review: Rt Hon George Robertson, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Defence, Richard Hatfield, Policy Director, Rear Admiral Nigel Essenhigh, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes), and Colin Balmer, Principal Finance Officer, Ministry of Defence.

Wednesday 18 November 1998

The Future of NATO: Mr Richard Hatfield, Policy Director, Ministry of Defence, and Mr Stephen Gomersall, Director of International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


 
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