Defence Committee - Second Report
The work of the Committee 2007-08

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 December 2008.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

2  Core Tasks and inquiries

Examination of Government and European Commission policy proposals
UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty

Arms Export Controls

Examination of emerging and deficient policy

Current operations

The Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned

Medical care for the Armed Forces

The future of NATO and European defence

Defence Equipment 2008

Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces personnel

The contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to ISTAR capability

UK national security and resilience

Examination of legislation and of specific output from the Department

Examination of Departmental expenditure

Examination of Public Service Agreements and targets

Scrutiny of Agencies and other associated public bodies

Scrutiny of major appointments

Examination of implementation of legislation and policy initiatives

Production of reports for debate

3  Working Practices and Innovation

Extending our range of witnesses

Webfora

Publication of evidence on the internet

Seminars

Inward visits

Outward visits

Political engagement within Europe

Petitions

Specialist Advisers

4  Departmental Responses

5  Looking Ahead

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex 1: Core Tasks Fulfilled

Annex 2: Sessional Information

Annex 3: Oral Evidence Sessions

Annex 4: Informal Meetings

Formal minutes

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 14 January 2009