HC Deb 31 March 1987 vol 113 cc453-4W
Mr. George

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for each of the past five Sessions those occasions when (a) Ministers, (b) senior civil servants and (c) military personnel, have appeared before Select Committees other than the Defence Committee or the Public Accounts Committee; and to which Select Committees memoranda have been submitted.

Mr. Freeman

The details for the past five complete parliamentary sessions are as follows:

Select Committee Ministers Senior Civil Servants Military Personnel
1981–82
2 December 1981
Treasury and Civil Service Committee 4 1
22 February 1982
Treasury and Civil Service Committee 2
1982–83
9 November 1982
Select Committee on Procedure (Finance) 3
7 February 1983
Foreign Affairs Committee 1
1983–84
20 June 1984
Treasury and Civil Service Committee 1
1984–85
7 November 1984
Foreign Affairs Committee 1
27 November 1984
Education, Science and Arts Committee 1

Select Committee Ministers Senior Civil Servants Military Personnel
19 June 1985
Scottish Affairs Committee 2 3
1985–86
22 January 1986
Armed Forces Bill Committee 5 8
29 January 1986
Armed Forces Bill Committee 5 6
5 February 1986
Armed Forces Bill Committee 7 6
12 February 1986
Armed Forces Bill Committee 6 9

My Department has submitted memoranda to Select Committees other than to the Defence Committee or the Public Accounts Committee as follows:

1981–82 Treasury and Civil Service Committee
1982–83 Foreign Affairs Committee Select Committee on Procedure (Finance)
1983–84 Treasury and Civil Service Committee
1984–85 Foreign Affairs Committee Scottish Affairs Committee Environment Committee
1985–86 Treasury and Civil Service Committee Environment Committee

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