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Reports and publications from previous sessions

Reports

8th Report - The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces - Volume II | PDF version 8th Report - The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces - Volume II ()Published 26 February 2013
Volume II: Additional written evidence
8th Report - The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces - Volume I | PDF version 8th Report - The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces - Volume I ()HC 720 | Published 26 February 2013 | Purchase title 8th Report - The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces - Volume I
Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence
7th Report - Defence Acquisition - Volume II | PDF version 7th Report - Defence Acquisition - Volume II ()Published 05 February 2013
Additional written evidence
7th Report - Defence Acquisition | PDF version 7th Report - Defence Acquisition ()HC 9 | Published 05 February 2013 | Purchase title 7th Report - Defence Acquisition
6th report - Volume II - Defence and Cyber-Security | PDF version 6th report - Volume II - Defence and Cyber-Security ()HC 106 | Published 09 January 2013
6th report - Volume I - Defence and Cyber-Security | PDF version 6th report - Volume I - Defence and Cyber-Security ()HC 106 | Published 09 January 2013 | Purchase title 6th report - Volume I - Defence and Cyber-Security
5th Special Report - Future Maritime Surveillance: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2012–13 | PDF version 5th Special Report - Future Maritime Surveillance: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2012–13 ()HC 827 | Published 18 December 2012 | Purchase title 5th Special Report - Future Maritime Surveillance: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2012–13
4th Special Report - MoD Main Estimate 2012–13: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2012–13 | PDF version 4th Special Report - MoD Main Estimate 2012–13: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2012–13 ()HC 607 | Published 20 September 2012 | Purchase title 4th Special Report - MoD Main Estimate 2012–13: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2012–13
5th Report - Future Maritime Surveillance - Volume II | PDF version 5th Report - Future Maritime Surveillance - Volume II ()Published 19 September 2012
Volume II: additional written evidence
5th Report - Future Maritime Surveillance | PDF version 5th Report - Future Maritime Surveillance ()HC 110 | Published 19 September 2012 | Purchase title 5th Report - Future Maritime Surveillance
Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence
2nd Special Report - Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate 2011-12: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2012-13 | PDF version 2nd Special Report - Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate 2011-12: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2012-13 ()HC 577 | Published 18 September 2012 | Purchase title 2nd Special Report - Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate 2011-12: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2012-13
3rd Special Report - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2012-13 | PDF version 3rd Special Report - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2012-13 ()HC 578 | Published 18 September 2012 | Purchase title 3rd Special Report - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2012-13
4th Report - Scrutiny of Arms Exports - Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees | PDF version 4th Report - Scrutiny of Arms Exports - Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees ()HC 419-I | Published 13 July 2012 | Purchase title 4th Report - Scrutiny of Arms Exports - Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
Scrutiny of Arms Exports (2012): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010, Quarterly Reports for July to December 2010 and January to September 2011, the Government's Review of arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa, and wider arms control issues Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes
4th Report - Scrutiny of Arms Exports - Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees | PDF version 4th Report - Scrutiny of Arms Exports - Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees ()HC 419-II | Published 13 July 2012 | Purchase title 4th Report - Scrutiny of Arms Exports - Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees
Scrutiny of Arms Exports (2012): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010, Quarterly Reports for July to December 2010 and January to September 2011, the Government's Review of arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa, and wider arms control issues Volume II: Oral and written evidence and the Committee's correspondence with Ministers
3rd Report - MoD Main Estimate 2012-13 | PDF version 3rd Report - MoD Main Estimate 2012-13 ()HC 833 | Published 02 July 2012 | Purchase title 3rd Report - MoD Main Estimate 2012-13
2nd Report - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation | PDF version 2nd Report - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation ()HC 331 | Published 26 June 2012 | Purchase title 2nd Report - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation
1st Report - Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate 2011-12 | PDF version 1st Report - Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate 2011-12 ()HC 99 | Published 21 May 2012 | Purchase title 1st Report - Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate 2011-12
1st Special Report - Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12 | PDF version 1st Special Report - Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12 ()HC 85 | Published 15 May 2012 | Purchase title 1st Special Report - Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12

Written evidence

The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 4: Education of Service PersonnelHC 942 | Published 08 February 2013
The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 3: Educating the Children of Service Personnel - Written EvidenceHC941 | Published 08 February 2013
The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces - written evidencePublished 20 November 2012
The impact on UK Defence of the proposed merger of BAE Systems and EADSPublished 23 October 2012
The work of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces525 | Published 26 September 2012
Defence Implications of Possible Scottish Independence - written evidenceHC 483 | Published 17 September 2012
Securing the future of Afghanistan - written evidenceHC 413 | Published 13 September 2012
The Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2012-13 - written evidenceHC 133 | Published 22 June 2012
Defence and Cyber-security - written evidenceHC 106 | Published 23 May 2012
Defence Acquisition - written evidenceHC 9 | Published 21 May 2012

Oral evidence

Securing the future of Afghanistan - corrected evidence - 4 September 2012 | PDF version Securing the future of Afghanistan - corrected evidence - 4 September 2012 ()HC 413-ii | Published 02 November 2012
Evidence given by Sir William Patey KCMG, Sir Rodric Braithwaite GCMG
The Work of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces - corrected evidence - 12 July 2012 | PDF version The Work of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces - corrected evidence - 12 July 2012 ()HC 525-i | Published 17 October 2012
Evidence given by Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State and General Sir David Richards KCB CBE DSO ADC GEN, Chief of the Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence
Defence and Cyber-security - corrected evidence - 16 May 2012HC 106-i | Published 24 September 2012
Evidence given by Nick Harvey MP, Minister for the Armed Forces, Air Commodore Tim Bishop, Head of Global Operations Security Control Centre, and John Taylor, Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Defence
Defence and Cyber-security - corrected evidence - 27 June 2012HC 106-ii | Published 24 September 2012
Evidence given by Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, and James Quinault, Director, Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance, Cabinet Office
Securing the future of Afghanistan - corrected evidence - 26 June 2012 | PDF version Securing the future of Afghanistan - corrected evidence - 26 June 2012 ()HC 413-i | Published 07 September 2012
Evidence given by Robert Fox, Defence Correspondent, Evening Standard and Francis Tusa, Defence Journalist, Defence Analysis
Defence Implications of Possible Scottish Independence - corrected evidence - 3 July 2012 | PDF version Defence Implications of Possible Scottish Independence - corrected evidence - 3 July 2012 ()HC 483-i | Published 06 September 2012
Evidence given by Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Royal United Services Institute, and Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Stuart Crawford
Defence Acquisition - corrected evidence - 31 July 2012 | PDF version Defence Acquisition - corrected evidence - 31 July 2012 ()HC 9-i | Published 03 August 2012
Evidence given by Sir Brian Burridge, Vice-President, Strategic Marketing, Finmeccanica UK and Vice-President, Defence, ADS, David Hansell, Managing Director MSI-Defence Systems Ltd and Chair, ADS Small Companies Committee (SCC), Robin Southwell, Chief Executive, EADS UK and President, ADS, and Graham Chisnall, Deputy CEO and MD Aerospace, ADS
Defence Acquisition - corrected evidence - 15 May 2012 | PDF version Defence Acquisition - corrected evidence - 15 May 2012 ()HC 9-ii | Published 03 August 2012
Evidence given by Peter Luff MP, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Bernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel and Air Marshal Steve Hillier, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability), Ministry of Defence
Defence and Cyber-security - corrected evidence - 18 April 2012HC 1881-i | Published 22 May 2012
Evidence given by John Bassett, Associate Fellow, Cyber-security, Royal United Services Institute, Professor Brian Collins, Chair of Engineering Policy, Faculty of Engineering Science, University College London, and Professor Sir David Omand GCB, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King’s College London

Uncorrected oral evidence

The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 3: Educating the Children of Service Personnel; The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 4: Education of Service Personnel HC941-i | Published 08 February 2013
Evidence given by Kim Richardson OBE, Catherine Spencer and Bill Mahon
Securing the Future of Afghanistan - uncorrected evidence - 23 January 2013 | PDF version Securing the Future of Afghanistan - uncorrected evidence - 23 January 2013 ()HC 413-v | Published 01 February 2013
Evidence given by Lieutenant General Richard Barrons CBE, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) and Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Defence
Annual Report and Accounts - uncorrected evidence - 12 December 2012 | PDF version Annual Report and Accounts - uncorrected evidence - 12 December 2012 ()HC 828-i | Published 21 December 2012
Evidence given by Jon Thompson and David Williams
Future Army 2020 - uncorrected evidence - 5 December 2012 | PDF version Future Army 2020 - uncorrected evidence - 5 December 2012 ()HC 803-i | Published 11 December 2012
Evidence given by General Sir Peter Wall
Securing the Future of Afghanistan - uncorrected evidence - 20 November 2012 | PDF version Securing the Future of Afghanistan - uncorrected evidence - 20 November 2012 ()HC 413-iv | Published 22 November 2012
Evidence given by Lt-General Richard Barrons, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations), Vincent Devine, Director Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence, and Mark Sedwill, Political Director and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Securing the future of Afghanistan - uncorrected evidence - 30 October 2012 | PDF version Securing the future of Afghanistan - uncorrected evidence - 30 October 2012 ()HC 413-ii | Published 06 November 2012
Evidence given by Lt General David Capewell, Brigadier Doug Chalmers, Dame Mariot Leslie DCMG, Brigadier James Stevenson