Defence - Minutes of Evidence

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 May 2000.

WEDNESDAY 10 MAY 2000

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Members present:

Mr Bruce George, in the Chair

Mr Jamie Cann Mr Mike Gapes Mr Mike Hancock Mr Stephen Hepburn

Dr Julian Lewis Laura Moffatt Mr Peter Viggers

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

MR MARK LAITY, formerly BBC, now at NATO, MR JONATHAN MARCUS, BBC World Service, MR JON SIMPSON, BBC World Editor, MR MARK URBAN, BBC Newsnight, and MR PETER ALMOND, Defence Correspondents Association, examined.

Question Numbers:

745 - 759

760 - 779

780 - 785

Memorandum submitted by Mr Peter Almond, Chairman, Defence Correspondents Association

Memorandum submitted by Mr Richard Norton-Taylor, Security Affairs Editor of The Guardian

Examination of Witnesses

MISS OONA MUIRHEAD, Director of Information Strategy and News, and MR JOHN PITT-BROOKE, Director General of Corporate Communications, Ministry of Defence, examined.

Question Numbers:

786 - 799

800 - 819

820 - 835

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Prepared 6 July 2000