All events
Tuesday
15 July 2025
10:30am
Public
Oral evidence session
15 July 2025
TBC
Tuesday
8 July 2025
10:30am
Public
The UK contribution to European Security - Oral evidence
8 July 2025
10:30am
- Luke Pollard MP (Minister for the Armed Forces at Ministry of Defence)
- Paul Wyatt (Director General, Policy at Ministry of Defence)
- Jim Carter (Director General, Commercial and Industry at Ministry of Defence)
- Air Vice-Marshal Mark Flewin (Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff, Military Strategy at Ministry of Defence)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
2 July 2025
2:00pm
Public
The work of the Secretary of State for Defence - Oral evidence
2 July 2025
2:00pm
- Rt Hon John Healey MP (Secretary of State at Ministry of Defence)
- David Williams (Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Defence)
- General Dame Sharon Nesmith (Vice Chief of the Defence Staff at Ministry of Defence)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday
1 July 2025
10:30am
Public
The UK contribution to European Security - Oral evidence
1 July 2025
10:30am
- Fenella McGerty (Senior Fellow for Defence Economics at International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS))
- Nicholas Nelson (General Partner at Archangel VC Fund)
- Rob Murray (CEO at Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) Development Group)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday
11 June 2025
10:00am
Public
One-off Session with the reviewers who led the Strategic Defence Review - Oral evidence
11 June 2025
10:00am
- The Rt Hon. the Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT (Lead Reviewer at Strategic Defence Review)
- General Sir Richard Barrons (Reviewer at Strategic Defence Review)
- Dr Fiona Hill (Reviewer at Strategic Defence Review)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
10 June 2025
3:00pm
Public
The work of the Chief of the Defence Staff - Oral evidence
10 June 2025
3:00pm
- Admiral Sir Tony Radakin (Chief of the Defence Staff at Ministry of Defence)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
3 June 2025
10:30am
Public
One-off session on Defence in the High North - Oral evidence
3 June 2025
10:30am
- Brigadier General (Retd) Robbie Boyd (Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI))
- Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe (Professor of War Studies at Loughborough University)
- Dr James Patton Rogers (Executive Director, Brooks Tech Policy Institute at Cornell University)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
13 May 2025
10:30am
Public
The UK contribution to European Security - Oral evidence
13 May 2025
10:30am
- Dr Rob Johnson (Director of the Strategy, Statecraft, & Technology Research Centre at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, and Former Director at Secretary of State’s Office of Net Assessment and Challenge (SONAC))
11:30am
- Dr. Alastair McGibbon (Head of Semiconductors at Space Forge Ltd)
- Mr Ken Turley (Former CEO at RUK Advanced System Ltd)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
6 May 2025
11:30am
Public
One-off Session on Defence Space - Oral evidence
6 May 2025
11:30am
- Juliana Suess (Research Associate at German Institute for International and Security Affairs)
- Gabriel Elefteriu (Deputy Director for Defence and Space at Council on Geostrategy)
12:30pm
- Doug Liddle (Chair at UKspace)
- Toby Harris (Chair of the Space Domain Awareness Working Group at UKspace)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
29 April 2025
10:30am
Public
The UK contribution to European Security - Oral evidence
29 April 2025
10:30am
- Dr Rowan Allport (Deputy Director at The Human Security Centre)
- Mr William Freer (Research Fellow in National Security at Council on Geostrategy)
11:30am
- Professor Peter Roberts (Associate Fellow at Centre for Public Understanding of Defence and Security, University of Exeter)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
1 April 2025
10:30am
Public
The UK contribution to European Security - Oral evidence
1 April 2025
10:30am
- Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman KCMG CBE PC FBA (Emeritus Professor of War Studies at Kings College London)
- Dr Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer (Acting President at German Marshall Fund of the US)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
25 March 2025
10:30am
Public
Defence in the Grey Zone - Oral evidence
25 March 2025
10:30am
- Luke Pollard MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces at Ministry of Defence)
- Paul Wyatt (Director General Security Policy at Ministry of Defence)
- Air Commodore Matt Bressani OBE (Head Military Strategic Effects at Ministry of Defence)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
18 March 2025
10:30am
Public
Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up (2023) - Oral evidence
18 March 2025
10:30am
- Alistair Carns DSO OBE MC MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans and People) at Ministry of Defence)
- Admiral Sir Ben Key KCB CBE (The First Sea Lord at Ministry of Defence)
- General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO (The Chief of the General Staff at Ministry of Defence)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard John Knighton KCB ADC FREng (The Chief of the Air Staff at Ministry of Defence)
- Sam des Forges (Director of Conduct, Equity and Justice at Ministry of Defence)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday
11 March 2025
1:00pm
Public
The Armed Forces Covenant - Oral evidence
11 March 2025
1:00pm
- Alistair Carns DSO OBE MC MP (Minister for Veterans and People at Ministry of Defence)
- Sarah Houghton (Director of Armed Forces People Policy at Ministry of Defence)
- James Greenrod (Head of Armed Forces People Support at Ministry of Defence)
- Vice Admiral Phillip Hally CB MBE (Chief of Defence People at Ministry of Defence)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
4 March 2025
10:30am
Public
The UK contribution to European Security - Oral evidence
4 March 2025
10:30am
- Kevin Craven (Chief Executive at ADS)
- Andrew Kinniburgh (Director-General at Make UK Defence)
- Julian David OBE (CEO at techUK)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
25 February 2025
10:30am
Public
The Armed Forces Covenant - Oral evidence
25 February 2025
10:30am
- Lt Cdr (Retd) Susie Hamilton (Scottish Veterans Commissioner at Office of the Scottish Veterans Commissioner)
- David Johnstone (Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner at Office of the Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner)
- Col. James Phillips (Veterans Commissioner for Wales at Office of the Veterans Commissioner for Wales)
11:30am
- Mike Callaghan (Policy Manager at Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA))
- Councillor Lis Burnett (Presiding Member at Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA))
- Kate Davies (Director of Health and Justice, Armed Forces and Sexual Assault Services Commissioning at NHS England)
- Cllr Gillian Ford (Deputy Chair of the Wellbeing Board at Local Government Association (LGA))
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
11 February 2025
12:30pm
Oral evidence session
11 February 2025
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday
4 February 2025
10:30am
Public
The Armed Forces Covenant - Oral evidence
4 February 2025
10:30am
- Mark Atkinson (Director General at The Royal British Legion)
- Lieutenant General Sir Nick Pope KCB CBE (Chair at Cobseo)
11:30am
- Rebecca Lovell (Head of Policy at Naval Families Federation)
- Collette Musgrave (Chief Executive at Army Families Federation)
- Vanessa Plumley (Acting Director at RAF Families Federation)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
28 January 2025
10:30am
Public
The UK contribution to European Security - Oral evidence
28 January 2025
10:30am
- Armida Van Rij (Senior Research Fellow & Head of Europe Programme at Chatham House)
- Ed Arnold (Senior Research Fellow for European Security at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI))
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday
21 January 2025
10:30am
Public
Defence in the Grey Zone - Oral evidence
21 January 2025
10:30am
- Dr Margriet Drent (Policy Adviser at the Counter Hybrid Unit at Ministry of Defence (The Netherlands))
11:30am
- Sir Alex Younger KCMG (Former Chief at Secret Intelligence Service (MI6))
Room 16, Palace of Westminster