DEF050127 - No. 8

Session 2004-05, 27 January 2005

Evidence Sessions

IRAQ INQUIRY

Wednesday 2 February

At 10.00 am in Committee Room 15 (room subject to change) oral evidence will be taken from:

Ministry of Defence

Mr Martin Howard, Director General, Operational Policy
Lt General John McColl CBE DSO, former British Military Representative in Iraq
Major General Nick Houghton CBE, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations)
Major General Bill Rollo CBE, former GOC MND (SE)

Wednesday 9 February

At 10.00 am in Committee Room 15 (room subject to change) oral evidence will be taken from:

Department for International Development

Mr Jim Drummond, former Director, Iraq Directorate

At 3.00 pm in Committee Room 15 (room subject to change) oral evidence will be taken from:

Ministry of Defence

Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP, Minister of State, and officials

NOTES TO EDITORS:

1. Committee Membership is as follows: Rt Hon Bruce George MP (Chairman), Mr James Cran MP, Mr David Crausby MP, Mike Gapes MP, Mr Mike Hancock CBE MP, Dai Havard MP, Mr Kevan Jones MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Mr Frank Roy MP, Rachel Squire MP, Peter Viggers MP

2. News Release: No. 8

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