Defence Committee to check the MoD's progress on the duty of care of Service personnel in training, exercise and selection events

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• Inquiry: Military Exercises and the Duty of Care: Further Follow-Up
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Purpose of the session

This evidence session will focus on what has been achieved since the Committees 2016 report, it will consider:

• whether the actions taken have addressed the concerns of the Committee;


• if lessons have been learnt;


• whether appropriate individual and corporate accountability structures have been established;


• if a culture of continual learning exists within the MoD and Armed Forces;


• whether the support provided to families is adequate; and


• if there is scope for further improvement.

The session will not consider individual cases.

Witnesses

Tuesday 21 July 2020, Committee Room 6

At 2.30pm:

Panel 1

• Philip White, Director of Regulation, Health and Safety Executive


• Samantha Peace, Director of Field Operations, Health and Safety Executive


• Andrew Cayley, Director Service Prosecutions, Service Prosecuting Authority

Panel 2

• Baroness Annabel Goldie DL, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence


• Isabel Letwin CBE, Director, Ministry of Defence Legal Advisers


• Major General James Illingworth, Director of Land Warfare, Ministry of Defence


• Air Marshal Susan Gray CB OBE MSc CEng FIET FREng RAF, Director General of the Defence Safety Authority

Further information

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• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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