Former Ministers to be questioned by MPs on Afghan data breach
The Defence Committee will question former Secretaries of State for Defence Sir Ben Wallace and Sir Grant Shapps, and former Minister of State for the Armed Forces, James Heappey, as it continues its inquiry into the Afghan data breach on Tuesday 20 January, at 10.15am.
Meeting details
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes
At 11:45am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes
The session will cover the circumstances leading to the data breach, as well as ministerial decision-making between August 2023 when the breach was discovered and the July 2024 general election. This is likely to include scrutiny of the decisions:
- to seek a global injunction, to extend repeatedly the super-injunction granted by the High Court, and to appeal the Court’s decision to lift the super-injunction
- to establish a secret route for the evacuation of thousands of Afghans put at risk by the data breach
- to brief – or not to brief – other politicians about the situation.