1 Introduction
1. This report describes the work of the Defence
Committee in 2007. Our report follows the format suggested by
the Liaison Committee in order to ease comparison with other Committees.
2. In 2007, we continued to seek a balance in our
inquiries between those dealing with the policy outputs of the
Department in the form of White Papers, the expenditure of the
Ministry of Defence (MoD), including on defence equipment, operational
deployments, and scrutiny of Defence Agencies. Our report highlights
our contribution to the debate on the floor of the House of Commons
on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent through our inquiry
into the Government's deterrent White Paper, the progress of operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the costs of those operations,
and our ongoing inquiries into the welfare of the UK's Armed Forces.
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