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Date Business
07 February 2012
2:30 pm
 Subject: The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation
Witness(es): Kim Richardson OBE, Chair, Naval Families Federation, Julie McCarthy, Chief Executive, Army Families Federation, and Dawn McCafferty, Chairman, RAF Families Federation. At 3.30 pm (approximately) Mr David Olney, Chief Operating Officer, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), Mr Gavin Barlow, Director Service Personnel Policy, Air Commodore Alan Opie, Head of Operations Accommodation (DIO), Brigadier John Wootton, Director Infrastructure Army HQ, Ministry of Defence
Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

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Title Date published
8th Report - Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 | PDF version 8th Report - Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 (PDF) 25 January 2012
Operations in Libya - corrected evidence - 12 October 2011 17 January 2012
Operations in Libya - corrected evidence - 26 October 2011 17 January 2012

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