The work of the Committee 2007-08 - Defence Committee Contents


Annex 2: Sessional Information


The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 13 July 2005.

It had 14 Members and held 46 meetings. These included 1 meeting held concurrently with the Foreign Affairs Committee (abbreviated to (FACM) in the attendance table below) and 6 "Committees on Arms Export Controls" meetings held concurrently with Business and Enterprise, Foreign Affairs, and International Development Committees (abbreviated to (CAEC) in the attendance table below).
Members

Arbuthnot, Mr James (Chairman)

Borrow, Mr David S

Crausby, Mr David

Gilroy, Linda

Hamilton, David

Hancock, Mr Mike

Havard, Mr Dai

Holloway, Mr Adam

Jenkin, Mr Bernard

Jenkins, Mr Brian

Jones, Mr Kevan

Key, Robert

Rennie, Willie (discharged 21.1.08)

Smith, John

Younger-Ross, Richard (added 21.1.08)

Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended

41(including 1FACM and 1 CAEC) out of 46

26 (including 1 FACM and 4 CAEC) out of 46

36 (including 2 CAEC) out of 46

37 (including 1 FACM and 6 CAEC) out of 46

17 out of 46

22 out of 46

22 (including 1 FACM) out of 46

26 (including 1 FACM) out of 46

40 (including 1 FACM and 4 CAEC) out of 46

30 out of 46

24 out of 46

38 (including 1 FACM and 2 CAEC) out of 46

10 out of 12

17 out of 46

15 (including 1 FACM) out of 28

68.2 %A

A Not including CAEC meetings.
Total number of meetings: 46

Of which:
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken 22
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 1
Number of wholly private meetings 17
Number of concurrent meetings with other committees 7
Other activities
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors) 17
Conferences/Seminars hosted 1

Staff

Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.

Specialist Advisers during the Session

Dr Sibylle Bauer*, Paul Beaver, Rear Admiral Ric Cheadle CB DL, Professor Michael Clarke, Major General Tim Cross CBE, Professor David Kirkpatrick, Dr Andrew Rathmell, Rear Admiral David Snelson and Air Marshal Philip Sturley CB MBE.

*Specialist Adviser to the Business and Enterprise, Defence, Foreign Affairs, and International Development Committees in their joint inquiry into Strategic Export Controls.

Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
  Number of appearances by:
Cabinet Ministers5
Other Ministers3
Members of the House of Lords (of whom one was a Minister) 3
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
Ministry of Defence 16
Other Government departments comprising:
Home Office1
Cabinet Office1
Department of Health 1
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2
Appearances by other witnesses 41

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
15.11.07Paris, FranceA Holloway1 Seminar on Naval Defence £600.86
16-17.12.07Naples, ItalyA Arbuthnot, Crausby 1Conference of the Chairmen of Defence Committees of the Member States of the European Union £2,873.80
2-3.6.08Brussels, BelgiumA Jenkin0 Conference on NATO in the next decade £554.51
22-26.6.08Bahrain and Iraq 1 Inquires into UK operations in Iraq and the Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned £23,266.38
5-9.7.08Pakistan and Afghanistan Arbuthnot, Borrow, Crausby, Havard, Holloway, Jenkin, Jones, Younger-Ross 2Inquiry into UK operations in Afghanistan £47,223.38
8-9.9.08St Malo, FranceA 0 Sixth Summer Defence Conference of the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee of the French National Assembly £636.80
20-21.9.08Regensburg, GermanyA Jenkins1 Operation COOP SPIRIT £1,894.50
26-27.10.08Paris, FranceA Arbuthnot, Crausby 1Conference of the Chairpersons of Defence Committees of the Member States of the European Union £1,506.00

A Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions

None.

UK Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
9.11.07MDHU Frimley Park, HampshireA Arbuthnot1 Inquiry into Medical care for the Armed Forces 0
16.11.07MDHU Portsmouth, HampshireA Hancock1 Inquiry into Medical care for the Armed Forces £15.50
23.11.07MDHU Northallerton, North YorkshireA Jones0 Inquiry into Medical care for the Armed Forces £34.40
23.11.07MDHU Derriford, Plymouth, DevonA Gilroy0 Inquiry into Medical care for the Armed Forces 0
12.2.08MDHU James Cook University HospitalA Jones0 Inquiry into Medical care for the Armed Forces 0
24.4.08Port of Southampton Borrow, Gilroy0 Committees on Arms Export Controls £232.80
29.4.08Armed Forces Careers Information Office, Holborn, London Arbuthnot, Borrow, Crausby, Hamilton, Jenkin, Jenkins, Jones, Younger-Ross 2Inquiry into Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces personnel £97.85
14-15.5.08AgustaWestland, Yeovil, Somerset Arbuthnot, Hamilton, Jenkin, Jenkins, Key 2Familiarisation visit £1,503.26
19.5.08HMS Raleigh, Torpoint, Cornwall Jones1 Inquiry into Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces personnel £603.00
19.5.08Army Training Regiment Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire Arbuthnot1 Inquiry into Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces personnel £83.32
20.5.08Salisbury PlainA Jenkin, Jones1 EU Battlegroup exercise £614.60
14.7.08Farnborough Air Show Arbuthnot, Jenkin, Jenkins, Key, Smith 3B Familiarisation visit £459.00
1-2.10.08Defence Equipment & Support, Abbey Wood and Porton Down, Salisbury Arbuthnot, Gilroy, Jenkin, Jones, Key 3Familiarisation visit £1,526.10
15-16.10.08Defence Academy, Shrivenham Arbuthnot, Borrow, Crausby, Havard, Holloway, Jenkin, Jenkins, Key, Smith 10C seminar£5,000 (estimated outturn)

A Travel in a representative capacity

B Includes 1 specialist adviser

C Includes 4 specialist advisers

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2007-08) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: UK land operations in Iraq 2007 1103.12.07 Received 4.2.08: published as Second Special Report Session 2007-08
Second Report: Costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Winter Supplementary Estimate 2007-08A 1385.12.07 Received 4.3.08
Third Report: UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty 10711.12.07 Received 21.2.08: published as Third Special Report Session 2007-08
Fourth Report: The Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned 18114.12.07 Received 4.3.08: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2007-08
Fifth Report: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 6128.1.08 Received 28.2.08: published as Fifth Special Report Session 2007-08
Sixth Report: The work of the Committee 2007 27431.1.08 Not applicable
Seventh Report: Medical care for the Armed Forces 32718.2.08 Received 22.4.08: published as Sixth Special Report Session 2007-08
Eighth Report: Operational costs in Afghanistan and Iraq: Spring Supplementary Estimate 2007-08B 40010.3.08 Received 9.5.08
Ninth Report: The future of NATO and European Defence 11120.3.08 Received 14.5.08: published as Eighth Special Report Session 2007-08
Tenth Report: Defence Equipment 2008 29527.3.08 Received 2.6.08: published as Seventh Special Report Session 2007-08
Eleventh Report: Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2008-09 8857.7.08 Received 1.10.08: published as Ninth Special Report Session 2007-08
Twelfth Report: Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation 25417.7.08 Cm 7485, published 3.11.08
Thirteenth Report: The contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to ISTAR capability 5355.8.08 Received 3.10.08: published as Twelfth Special Report Session 2007-08
Fourteenth Report: Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces Personnel 42430.7.08 Received 1.10.08: published as Eleventh Special Report Session 2007-08
Fifteenth Report: UK operations in Iraq and the Gulf 98222.7.08 Received 29.9.08: published as Tenth Special Report Session 2007-08
First Special Report: The work of Defence Estates: Government Response to the Committee's Fifteenth Report of Session 2006-07 10923.11.07 Not applicable
Second Special Report: UK land operations in Iraq 2007: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08 35221.2.08 Not applicable
Third Special Report: UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2007-08 3753.3.08 Not applicable
Fourth Special Report: The Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned. Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08 39926.3.08 Not applicable
Fifth Special Report: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 4683.4.08 Not applicable
Sixth Special Report: Medical care for the Armed Forces: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08 5009.5.08 Not applicable
Seventh Special Report: Defence Equipment 2008: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2007-08 55517.6.08 Not applicable
Eighth Special Report: The future of NATO and European defence: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2007-08 66019.6.08 Not applicable
Ninth Special Report: Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2008-09: The Government's Response to the Eleventh Report from the Committee, Session 2007-08 107227.10.08 Not applicable
Tenth Special Report: UK operations in Iraq and the Gulf: The Government's Response to the Fifteenth Report from the Committee, Session 2007-08: 107329.10.08 Not applicable
Eleventh Special Report: Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces Personnel: The Government's Response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee, Session 2007-08: 10743.11.08 Not applicable
Twelfth Special Report: The contribution of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to ISTAR capability: Government response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report of Session 2007-08C 10875.11.08 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: UK national security and resilience 718-i19.6.08 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: UK national security and resilience 718-ii27.10.08 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Iraq and AfghanistanD 1145-i3.11.08 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08 1168-i11.11.08 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08 1168-ii18.11.08 Not applicable
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Defence Equipment 1198-i24.11.08 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: UK national security and resilience 20.5.08 Not applicable
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Defence Equipment 18.11.08 Not applicable

A Government response published as Memorandum in the Committee's Eighth Report (HC 400)

B Government response published as Memorandum in the Committee's Eleventh Report (HC 885)

C Jointly with the Business and Enterprise, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees

D Jointly with the Foreign Affairs Committee

Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07

None.

Formal Minutes

The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/defcom.

Divisions
DateSubject
4.3.08Eight, on consideration of the Chairman's draft Report on The future of NATO and European Defence.

Debates

Committee reports were debated on 1 occasion in Westminster Hall. Further details can be found in the Committee's Sessional Report.

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
Defence Equipment3
Iraq and Afghanistan 1
ISTAR3
Medical care for the Armed Forces 1
Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 2
Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2007-08 2
Recruiting and retaining Armed Forces personnel 4
The future of NATO and European defence 2
The Iran hostages incident: the lessons learned 1
UK national security and resilience 2
UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty 1
Total22




 
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