Defence - First Special Report
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CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
INTRODUCTION
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Informal meetings
Visits
Overseas Visits
Membership and Staff
Inquiries and Reports
First Report: The OCCAR Convention
Second Report: Ministry of Defence Annual
Reporting Cycle
Third Report: Annual Reports for 1997 and
1998 on Strategic Export Controls
Fourth Report: Armed Forces Discipline Bill
[Lords]
Fifth Report: The Defence Geographic and
Imagery Intelligence Agency
Sixth Report: The Appointment of the MoD's
New Chief Scientific Adviser
Seventh Report: Gulf Veterans' Illnesses
Eighth Report: European Security and Defence
Ninth Report: The Future of DERA
Tenth Report: Major Procurement Projects
Eleventh Report: Strategic Export Controls:
further report and parliamentary prior scrutiny
Twelfth Report: The Adaptation of the Treaty
on Conventional Forces in Europe
Thirteenth Report: Iraqi No-Fly Zones
Fourteenth Report: Lessons of Kosovo
Debates
OTHER ISSUES AND ACTIVITIES
Procedural Reform and Modernisation
Treaties
Legislation
Provision of Information
FUTURE WORK
Monitoring of the MoD's Annual Reporting
Cycle and Other Defence-related Information to Parliament
Annual Major Procurement Projects Survey
Defence Executive Agencies
Gulf War Illnesses
Territorial Army Restructuring
Other Current Inquiries
Armed Forces Personnel Issues
Other subjects
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
CONCLUSION
ANNEX A: List of Witnesses
ANNEX B: Overseas Visits Itineraries
ITINERARY OF VISIT TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
29 November - 5 December 1999
ITINERARY FOR VISIT TO BRUSSELS
ITINERARY FOR VISIT TO THE GULF
ITINERARY OF VISIT TO NAPLES AND ROME
ANNEX C: Members' Participation
in Committee Activities
ANNEX D: List of Committee Reports
in this Parliament
ANNEX E: Committee Recommendations: Progress
UPDATE OF RECOMMENDATION'S FROM SESSION 1997-98 ON
WHICH FURTHER ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN
First Report: Peace Support Operations in
Bosnia and Herzegovina (HC 403) Published: 8 December 1997 Government
Reply: Second Special Report, Session 1997-98 (HC 535) Published
9 February 1998
Third Report: NATO Enlargement, HC 469, Published
2 April 1998 Government Reply: Third Special Report, Session
1997-98, HC 903, Published 13 July 1998
Fifth Report: The Reserves Call Out Order
1998, Etc., HC 868, published 10 August 1998 Government Response:
Fourth Special Report, HC 1109, published 3 November 1998
Sixth Report: The Defence Evaluation and
Research Agency, HC 621, published 6 July 1998 Government
Response: Fourth Special Report, HC 1109 published 3 November
1998
Seventh Report: Aspects of Defence Procurement
and Industrial Policy, HC 675, published 23 July 1998 Government
Response: Fifth Special Report, HC 1131, published 3 November
1998
Eighth Report: Strategic Defence Review,
HC 138, published on 10 September 1998 Government Response:
Sixth Special Report, HC 1198, published on 3 December 1998
ANNEX F: Committee Recommendations: Progress
UPDATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SESSION 1998-99 ON
WHICH FURTHER ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN
First Report: The Strategic Defence Review: Territorial
Army Restructuring (HC 70) Published: 22 February 1999 Government
Reply: Second Special Report, Session 1998-99 (HC 417) Published:
5 May 1999
Second Report: The Appointment of the new
Head of Defence Export Services HC 147 Published: 31 March 1999 Government
Reply: Fourth Special Report, HC 512 Published: 21 June 1999
Third Report: The Future of NATO: The Washington
Summit HC 39 Published: 13 April 1999 Government Reply: Third
Special Report, HC 459 Published: 21 May 1999
Fifth Report: Security of Supply and Future
of Royal Ordnance Factory Bishopton (HC 274) Published: 28 May Government
Reply: Sixth Special Report (HC 725) Published: 14 July 1999
Sixth Report:The Reserves Call Out Order
1999 and Progress of Territorial Army Restructuring (HC 860) Published:
8 November 1999 Government Reply: Second Special Report,
HC220 Published: 15 February 2000
Seventh Report: The Strategic Defence Review:
Defence Medical Services (HC 447) Published: 4 November 1999 Government
Reply: Third Special Report, HC221 Published: 15 February 2000
Eighth Report: Major Procurement Projects
Survey: The Common New Generation Frigate Programme (HC 544) Published:
10 November 1999 Government Reply: Fourth Special Report,
HC 222 Published: 15 February 2000
Ninth Report: Defence Research (HC 616) Published:
10 November 1999 Government Reply: Fifth Special Report,
HC 223 Published: 16 February 2000
ANNEX G: Committee Recommendations: Progress
SESSION 1999-2000
First Report: The OCCAR Convention (HC 69) Published:6
December 1999 Government Reply: Sixth Special Report (HC
224) Published: 16 February 2000
Second Report: Ministry of Defence Annual
Reporting Cycle (HC 158) Published: 10 February 2000 Government
Reply: Seventh Special Report (HC 452) Published: 9 May 2000
Third Report: Annual Reports for 1997 and
1998 on Strategic Export Controls (HC 225) Published: 11 February
2000 Government Reply: Cm 4799 Published: July
2000
Fourth Report: Armed Forces Discipline Bill
[Lords] (HC 253) Published:16 February 2000 Government
Reply: Published:
Fifth Report: The Defence Geographic and
Imagery Intelligence Agency (HC 100) Published:10 April 2000 Government
Reply: Eighth Special Report (HC 629) Published: 5 July 2000
Sixth Report: The Appointment of the New
Chief Scientific Adviser (HC 318) Published:9 May 2000 Government
Reply: Ninth Special Report (HC 731) Published: 2 August 2000
Seventh Report: Gulf Veterans' Illnesses
(HC 125) Published: 11 May 2000 Government Reply: Eleventh
Special Report (HC 215) Published: 2 August 2000
Eighth Report: European Security and Defence
(HC 264) Published: 11 May 2000 Government Reply: Tenth Special
Report (HC 732) Published: 2 August 2000
Ninth Report: The Future of DERA (HC 462)
Published: 20 June 2000 Government Reply: Twelfth Special
Report (HC 901) Published: 23 October 2000
Tenth Report: Major Procurement Projects
(HC 528) Published: 6 July 2000 Government Reply: Thirteenth
Special Report (HC 902) Published: 23 October 2000
Eleventh Report: Strategic Export Controls:
Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny Published: 25
July 2000 Government Reply: Cm 4872 Published: December 2000
Twelfth Report: The Adaptation of the Treaty
on Conventional Forces in Europe Published: 2 August 2000 Government
Reply: Fifteenth Special Report (HC 929) Published: 1 November
2000
Thirteenth Report: Iraqi No-Fly Zones (HC
453) Published: 2 August 2000 Government Reply: Sixteenth
Special Report (HC 930) Published: 1 November 2000
Fourteenth Report: Lessons of Kosovo (HC
347) Published: 24 October 2000 Government Reply: Second
Special Report, 2000-01
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
APPENDIX 1
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
Air Surveillance and Control System (11 November 1999)
APPENDIX 2
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
review of compensation arrangements (2 December 1999)
APPENDIX 3
Letter from the Secretary of State for Defence
concerning Eurofighter (13 December 1999)
APPENDIX 4
Letter from the Minister of State for Defence
Procurement concerning negotiations with BAE Systems on potential
partnering with Royal Ordnance (21 December 1999)
APPENDIX 5
Letter from the Chairman of the Committee
(15 December 1999)
Letter from the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett
MP (20 April 2000)
Letter from the Chairman of the Committee
(19 April 2000)
Letter from the Chairman of the Committee
(18 April 2000)
APPENDIX 6
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
numbers of aircraft accidents during 1999 (24 January 2000)
APPENDIX 7
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
Fourth Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (29 February 2000)
APPENDIX 8
Memorandum from the Prime Minister concerning
the Joint Intelligence Committee (8 March 2000)
APPENDIX 9
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
the Defence Logistics Organisation (18 April 2000)
APPENDIX 10
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
Main Building redevelopment (5 May 2000)
APPENDIX 11
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
relocation of the RAFAT (9 May 2000)
APPENDIX 12
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
storage of decommissioned nuclear submarines (11 May 2000)
APPENDIX 13
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
Air Surveillance and Control System (16 May 2000)
APPENDIX 14
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
aircraft accidents (31 May 2000)
APPENDIX 15
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
preferred supplier of a Defence Electronic Commerce System (30
May 2000)
APPENDIX 16
Memorandum from the Transport and General
Workers Union concerning the future of Royal Ordnance Bishopton
(14 June 2000)
APPENDIX 17
Memorandum from BAE Systems concerning Royal
Ordnance Defence propellant procurement strategy (21 July 2000)
Memorandum to HCDC from the Royal Ordnance
Defence Trade Unions
APPENDIX 18
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
the future of Royal Ordnance Bishopton (25 July 2000)
Annex A
Memorandum to the Committee from the Royal
Ordnance Trade Unions
APPENDIX 19
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
the production of new stock of anthrax vaccine (11 July 2000)
APPENDIX 20
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
medical preparedness for deployments to Sierra Leone (25 July
2000)
APPENDIX 21
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
amalgamation of the Ships Support Agency and the Naval Bases and
Supply Agency (6 September 2000)
APPENDIX 22
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
HMS VengeanceTrident D5 Missile Firing (11 September 2000)
APPENDIX 23
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
the UK's efforts to assist the Russian submarine Kursk (29 September
2000)
APPENDIX 24
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
a Strategy for the Army (17 November 2000)
APPENDIX 25
Memorandum from the Ministry of Defence concerning
help for volunteers who participated in trials at Porton Down
(21 November 2000)
APPENDIX 26
Military aircraft accidents
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