5 Looking Ahead
72. In 2008 we will continue to scrutinize the policies,
activities and expenditure of the Ministry of Defence. Our programme
for 2008 starts with the culmination of our inquiry into The
Future of NATO and European Defence, on which we plan to report
before the NATO Summit at Bucharest in early April 2008, and our
inquiry into Medical Care for the Armed Forces. In the
course of 2008, we also plan to conduct follow-up inquiries into
UK operations in Afghanistan and in Iraq; to continue to scrutinise
the MoD's Annual Report and Accounts, and its progress towards
its Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets; to monitor the Department's
equipment programme; and to scrutinize its Agencies and Trading
Funds. We intend to examine the policy output of the Department;
to inquire into the update of the Government's Defence Industrial
Strategy, expected by the Spring and the anticipated White Paper
on support for Service personnel.
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