def060302 - No. 24

Session 2005-06, 2 March 2006

Evidence Session

AFGHANISTAN INQUIRY

On Tuesday 7 March in the Thatcher Room, Portcullis House (room subject to change), oral evidence will be taken from:

At 10.15 am

Ministry of Defence

Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Air Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy KCB CBE, Commander of Joint Operations, Permanent Joint Headquarters (UK)
Dr Roger Hutton, Director Joint Commitments Policy

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Mr Peter Holland, Head of the Afghan Drugs Inter-Departmental Unit

NOTES TO EDITORS:

1.Committee Membership is as follows: Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP (Chairman), Mr David S Borrow MP, Mr Colin Breed MP, Mr David Crausby MP, Linda Gilroy MP, Mr David Hamilton MP, Mr Mike Hancock MP, Mr Dai Havard MP, Mr Adam Holloway MP, Mr Brian Jenkins MP, Mr Kevan Jones MP, Robert Key MP, Mr Mark Lancaster MP, John Smith MP.

2. News Release: No. 24

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