Annex 2: Committee Visits
Overseas visits
| Date
| Location
| Members participating
| Purpose
|
| 20-21 February 2007
| Paris, France
| Robert Key
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 21-22 February 2007
| Madrid, Spain
| Mr Jenkin, Mr Jenkins
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 27 February 2007
| Rome, Italy
| Mr Borrow, Mr Holloway
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 27-28 February 2007
| Berlin, Germany
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Crausby
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 12 March 2007
| Prague, Czech Republic
| Mr Hamilton, Mr Hancock, Mr Jenkins, Willie Rennie
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 21 March 2007
| Copenhagen, Denmark
| Linda Gilroy, Mr Key, John Smith
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 21 March 2007
| The Hague, The Netherlands
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Havard
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 28-29 March 2007
| Brussels, Belgium
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Havard, Mr Jenkin, Mr Jones, Robert Key
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 14-19 April 2007
| India and Afghanistan
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Crausby, Mr Hamilton, Mr Havard, Mr Holloway, Mr Jenkins, Mr Jones, John Smith
| Inquiry into UK operations in Afghanistan
|
| 21 May 2007
| Warsaw, Poland
| Mr Hancock, Mr Holloway, Mr Jenkin
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 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
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
| 9-10 September 2007
| Iraq and Kuwait
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Havard, Mr Jenkin, Mr Jones, Willie Rennie, John Smith
| Inquiry into UK land operations in Iraq 2007
|
| 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
| Inquiry into the Future of NATO and European Defence
|
Overseas visits in a Representative Capacity
Date
|
Location
|
Members participating
|
Purpose
|
| 23 April 2007
| Berlin, Germany
| Mr Arbuthnot
| Conference of the Chairmen of Defence Committees of the Member States of the European Union
|
| 30 September-1 October 2007
| Lisbon, Portugal
| Mr Havard
| Conference of the Chairmen of Defence Committees of the Member States of the European Union
|
| 9-10 October 2007
| Paris and Toulouse, France
| Mr Arbuthnot
| 5th Summer Defence Conference
|
| 15 November 2007
| Paris,France
| Mr Holloway
| Naval Defence Seminar
|
| 16-17 December 2007
| Naples, Italy
| Mr Arbuthnot,
Mr Crausby
| Conference of the Chairmen of Defence Committees of the Member States of the European Union
|
UK visits
| Date
| Location
| Members participating
| Purpose
|
| 29 January 2007
| SELEX SA&S, Edinburgh
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Crausby, Mr Hamilton, Mr Holloway, Mr Jones, Willie Rennie, John Smith
| Industry familiarisation visit
|
| 8 March 2007
| Export Control Organisation, Department of Trade and Industry, London
| Mr Borrow, Linda Gilroy
| Inquiry into Strategic Export Controls by the Quadripartite Committee
|
| 26 April 2007
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
| Mr Borrow
| Inquiry into Strategic Export Controls by the Quadripartite Committee
|
| 24 May 2007
| Hounslow and Pirbright, Surrey
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Jones, Robert Key
| Inquiry into the work of Defence Estates
|
| 14 June 2007
| Headley Court and Combat Stress, Leatherhead, Surrey
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Linda Gilroy, Mr Jenkin, Mr Jenkins, Robert Key, Willie Rennie, John Smith
| Inquiry into Medical Care for the Armed Forces
|
| 21 June 2007
| Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Crausby, Linda Gilroy, Mr Havard, Mr Jenkins, Mr Jones
| Inquiry into Medical Care for the Armed Forces: Oral Evidence
|
| 25 June 2007
| MBDA, London
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Crausby, Linda Gilroy, Mr Jenkins, Mr Jones
| Inquiry into the Defence Industrial Strategy: update
|
| 31 July 2007
| FRES Trials, Bovington, Dorset
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Jones
| Inquiry into the Army's requirement for armoured vehicles: the FRES programme
|
| 11 September 2007
| Defence Systems & Equipment International Exhibition 2007, London
| Linda Gilroy
| Inquiry into Strategic Export Controls by the Quadripartite Committee
|
| 4 October 2007
| RFA Argus, Portsmouth
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Jones, Robert Key, John Smith
| Inquiry into Medical Care for the Armed Forces
|
| 10-11 October 2007
| Strensall Barracks, Yorkshire and Redford Barracks, Edinburgh
| Mr Arbuthnot, Mr Borrow, Mr Hamilton, Mr Jenkins, Mr Jones, Robert Key, Willie Rennie
| Inquiry into Medical Care for the Armed Forces: Oral Evidence
|
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