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 1 November 2005.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Defence Committee

on Tuesday 1 November 2005

Members present:

Mr James Arbuthnot, in the Chair

Mr David S Borrow	Mr Dai Havard
Mr Colin Breed	Mr Brian Jenkins
Derek Conway	Mr Kevan Jones
Mr David Crausby	Robert Key
Linda Gilroy	John Smith
Mr Mike Hancock	Mr Desmond Swayne

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CONTENTS

Witnesses: Rt Hon John Reid, MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Desmond Bowen CMG, Policy Director, and Mr Ian Andrews, Second Permanent Under-Secretary, Lieutenant General Sir Rob Fry KCB CBE, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments), Ministry of Defence, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-39

40-45

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Prepared 17 January 2006