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Select Committee on Defence Ninth Report

Annex B: Committee visits

As part of our inquiry into the future of NATO and European defence, we undertook the following programme of visits:

Date
Location
Members participating
Meetings
20-21 February 2007 Paris, FranceRobert Key
  • Briefing by Deputy Head of Mission and UK Embassy staff
  • Meeting with the National Armaments Director, Director of Industrial Affairs Department, and Deputy Director for Cooperation and European Development, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement
  • Meeting with the Deputy Director for European and Atlantic Alliance Affairs, Department of Strategic Affairs, and Head of Bilateral Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with the Defence Committee, French National Assembly
  • Meeting with representatives of think tanks
  • Meeting with the Technical Counsellor to the President of the Republic and the Air Adjutant, Elysée Palace
21-22 February 2007 Madrid, SpainMr Jenkin, Mr Jenkins
  • Briefing by HM Ambassador and Embassy staff
  • Meeting with the Secretary General and the Director General of Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence
  • Meeting with the Minister of Defence
  • Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with the Congress Defence Committee
  • Briefing from think tanks at the Real Instituto Elcano
27-28 February 2007 Berlin, GermanyMr Arbuthnot, Mr Crausby
  • Briefing by HM Ambassador
  • Briefing by the Defence Section, UK Embassy
  • Meeting with the German Defence Committee
  • Meeting with the German Budget Committee
  • Meeting with the Special Representative for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with the Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of Defence
  • Meeting with the Assistant to the Chancellor, Chancellery
  • Meeting with representatives of think tanks
27 February 2007 Rome, ItalyMr Borrow, Mr Holloway
  • Briefing by the First Secretary and UK Embassy staff
  • Meeting with the Diplomatic Counsellor to the Defence Minister, the Political/Military Adviser to the Defence Minister, and the Deputy Head, Political and Military Planning Division, Ministry of Defence
  • Meeting with the Deputy Defence Secretary General and Deputy Armaments Director, and the Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with the Defence Committee, Chamber of Deputies
12 March 2007 Prague, Czech Republic Mr Hamilton, Mr Hancock, Mr Jenkins, Willie Rennie
  • Briefing by HM Ambassador and UK Embassy staff
  • Meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the House of Deputies Defence and Security Committee
  • Meeting with the First Deputy Minister of Defence
  • Meeting with the Political Director, and the Director and Deputy Director of the Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with the Director, Defence Policy and Strategy Division, Ministry of Defence
21 March 2007 Copenhagen, Denmark Linda Gilroy, Robert Key, John Smith
  • Briefing by HM Ambassador and UK Embassy staff
  • Meeting with State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with the Defence Secretary, the Head of the Ministerial Secretariat, and the Desk Officer, Department for NATO and EU Policy, Ministry of Defence
  • Meeting with the Defence and Foreign Affairs Committees, Danish Parliament
  • Meeting with representatives of think tanks
21 March 2007 The Hague, The Netherlands Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Havard
  • Briefing by HM Ambassador and UK Embassy staff
  • Meeting with the Defence and Foreign Affairs Committees of the Dutch Parliament
  • Meeting with the Policy Director and Policy Adviser, Ministry of Defence and the Head of Security and Defence Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with representatives of think tanks
28-29 March 2007 Brussels, BelgiumMr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Havard, Mr Jenkin, Mr Jones, Robert Key
  • Briefing at the UK Representation to the EU with HM Ambassador and UKRep staff
  • Meeting with Robert Cooper, Director-General External Economic Relations, Politico-Military Affairs, EU Council Secretariat, and Claude-France Arnould, DGE8 Defence Issues, EU Council Secretariat
  • Meeting with Nick Witney, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
  • Meeting with Lieutenant General David Leakey, Director General, EU Military Staff
  • Briefing at the UK Delegation to NATO, with the UK Permanent Representative to NATO and UKDel staff
  • Meeting with Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General
  • Meeting with the French and German Permanent Representatives to NATO
  • Roundtable discussion with senior NATO International Staff: Assistant Secretary General Defence Policy and Planning, Deputy Assistant Secretary General Defence Investment, Head of Resource Policy Coordination, Deputy Assistant Secretary General Operations
  • Meeting with the US Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO
21 May 2007 Warsaw, PolandMr Hancock, Mr Holloway, Mr Jenkin
  • Briefing from HM Ambassador and Embassy staff
  • Briefing by Senior British Military Adviser to the Polish Ministry of Defence, UK Embassy
  • Meeting with the Under Secretary of State and Director of International Security Policy, Ministry of Defence
  • Meeting with the Deputy Director of Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with the Head of the National Security Council
  • Roundtable discussion with think tanks: Director and Security Issues Specialist, Demos Europa
3-7 June 2007 Washington DC, USA and Ottawa, Canada Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow,

Mr Crausby, Linda Gilroy, Mr Hamilton, Mr Hancock, Mr Havard,

Mr Holloway, Mr Jenkin, Mr Jenkins, Willie Rennie, John Smith

  • Washington DC, USA
  • Briefing from Deputy Head of Mission and Embassy staff
  • Meeting with AT&L Director for International Cooperation, Department of Defense
  • Meeting with Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • Meeting with Principal Director for NATO and European Policy, Department of Defense
  • Meeting with Deputy Coordinator Iraq and Deputy Assistant Secretary Regional Security, Department of State
  • Meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, European and Eurasian Affairs
  • Meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Meeting with the House Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Meeting with the House Armed Services Committee
  • Meeting with the Senate Armed Services Committee
  • Meeting with Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State
  • Meeting with William Kristol, Editor, Newsweek
  • Roundtable discussion with think tanks and commentators, Atlantic Council

  • Ottawa, Canada
  • Briefing by the High Commission Staff
  • Meeting with the Minister for National Defence
  • Meeting with the Opposition Spokesperson for defence
  • Meeting with the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence
  • Meeting with Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Meeting with Roland Paris, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
14-18 October 2007 Tbilisi, Georgia and Ankara, Turkey Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Crausby, Linda Gilroy, Mr Havard, Mr Holloway, Mr Jenkins, Robert Key, Willie Rennie, John Smith
  • Tbilisi
  • Briefing by HM Ambassador and Embassy staff
  • Meeting with the Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
  • Meeting with the Minister of Defence and the Deputy Minister of Defence
  • Meeting with the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament and Members of the Georgian Foreign Affairs and Defence and Security Committees
  • Meeting with representatives of the OSCE
  • Meeting with opposition MPs

  • Ankara
  • Briefing from HM Ambassador and Embassy staff
  • Meeting with the Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff
  • Meeting with the Minister of National Defence
  • Meeting with the Chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Turkish Group
  • Meeting with the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Turkish Grand National Assembly
  • Briefing at the NATO Centre of Excellence—Defence Against Terrorism
  • Visit to the 28th Peacekeeping Brigade of the Turkish Armed Forces
  • Meeting with a former Turkish Ambassador to NATO
  • Meeting with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs



 
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