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Defending Global Britain in a Competitive Age

Inquiry

The Committee is examining the defence task and capability commitments in the Integrated Review, the Defence in a Competitive Age paper and the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy. The Committee intends to evaluate how effective the commitments will be in responding to the threats to the UK and how the Government will implement those commitments.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 12:00am on 19 May 2022.

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Past events

Tuesday 30 November 2021
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
Defending Global Britain in a Competitive Age - Oral evidence 30 November 2021
2:30pm
  • Sir Stephen Lovegrove, National Security Adviser
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 6 July 2021
2:30pm Public
Defending Global Britain in a Competitive Age - Oral evidence 6 July 2021
2:30pm
  • Lt Gen (Retd) Ben Hodges (Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at Center for European Policy Analysis, and Former Commanding General (2014-2017) at United States Army Europe (Wiesbaden, Germany))
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 23 June 2021
2:15pm Public
Defending Global Britain in a Competitive Age - Oral evidence 23 June 2021
2:15pm
  • Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP (Secretary of State at Ministry of Defence)
  • Air Marshal Richard Knighton CB (Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff at Ministry of Defence)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 25 May 2021
9:30am Public
Oral evidence session 25 May 2021
UK-French Naval Co-operation - Oral evidence
9:30am
  • Rear Admiral Nicolas Vaujour (Rear Admiral at The French Navy)
Defending Global Britain in a Competitive Age - Oral evidence
10:30am
  • Professor Patrick Porter (Professor of International Security and Strategy at The University of Birmingham)
  • Dr David Blagden (Senior Lecturer in International Security at The University of Exeter)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

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