Timetable


This week

Week 12: 8 March 2010

Date Witness Timing of session Subject
8 March Rt Hon David Miliband MP 09:00 – 10:30 Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, 2007 – 2009
Sir Bill Jeffrey 10:45 – 11:45 Permanent Secretary, MOD, 2005 – 2009

Previous hearings

Week 1: 24 - 27 November 2009

Date Witness Timing of session Subject
24 November

Chairman's Opening Statement

Simon Webb, Peter Ricketts & William Patey

10:00 - 13:00
UK policy towards Iraq in 2001
Simon Webb, William Patey & Michael Wood 14:00 - 17:00
 UK Policy towards Iraq in 2001
25 November
 Tim Dowse & William Ehrman1 10:00 - 13:00
 Weapons of Mass Destruction
14:00 - 17:00
Weapons of Mass Destruction
26 November
 Christopher Meyer 09:00 - 12:00
The Transatlantic Relationship
27 November
 Jeremy Greenstock 10:00 - 13:00
 Developments in the United Nations

1. Witnesses appearing in both morning and afternoon sessions

Week 2: 30 November - 4 December 2009

Date Witness Timing of session Subject
30 November David Manning 14:00 - 17:00 UK policy towards Iraq 2001 - 2003
1 December Edward Chaplin & Peter Ricketts 10:00 - 13:00 UK policy towards Iraq 2001 - 2003
3 December Kevin Tebbit & Michael Boyce 09:00 - 12:00 Military Planning
4 December Anthony Pigott
David Wilson		 10:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 13:00		 Military Planning
Dominic Asquith 14:00 - 15:30 The view from London and Baghdad 2004-2007

NB. Dominic Asquith will give evidence in relation to his role as Director Iraq at the Foreign Office 2004-2006 and HM Ambassador to Iraq 2006-2007. He is giving evidence out of chronological order due to limitations on his availability. His name was therefore not announced as part of the list of witnesses giving evidence on the period 2001 to the invasion. A further announcement on other witnesses giving evidence on the period 2003 to 2009 will be made on 30 November.

Week 3: 7 - 10 December 2009

Date Witness Timing of session Subject
7 December Edward Chaplin 11:30 - 13:00 Baghdad 2004 - 2005
Maj Gen Tim Cross

Desmond Bowen 		14:00 - 17:00 Post Invasion Iraq: The planning and the reality after the invasion
8 December Sir Suma Chakrabarti

Dominick Chilcott 		10:00 - 13:00 Post Invasion Iraq: The planning and the reality after the invasion
Sir John Scarlett 14:00 - 15:30 Intelligence
Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge & Lt Gen Robin Brims 15:30 - 17:00 The Military Invasion
9 December Lt Gen Sir Frederick Viggers & Lt Gen Andrew Figgures 10:00 - 11:30 Law, Order and Security in the aftermath
Sir Hilary Synnott, Lt Gen Lamb & Maj Gen Andrew Stewart 11:30 - 13:00 Basra and the South 2003 - 2004
Sir Hilary Synnott, Lt Gen Lamb & Maj Gen Andrew Stewart 14:00 - 15:30 Basra and the South 2003 - 2004
Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb 15:30 - 17:00 Baghdad 2006 - 2007
10 December Sir John Sawers 09:00 - 12:00 No10 perspective in 2001; the early days of the Coalition Provisional Authority

Week 4: 14 - 17 December 2009

Date Witness Timing of session Subject
14 December
 Lt Gen Sir John Kiszely & Lt Gen Robin Brims 14:00 - 15:00 Views from Baghdad 2004 – 2005
Lt Gen Jonathon Riley 15:00 - 16:00 The view from Basra 2004 - 2005
Gen Sir Peter Wall 16:00 - 17:00 Basra and the South after the invasion
15 December  Sir Jeremy Greenstock 10:00 - 12:00 Baghdad at the time of the Coalition Provisional Authority
Lt Gen William Rollo and Lt Gen John Cooper 14:00 - 17:00 Views from Basra 2004 - 2006
16 December Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry 10:00 - 12:00 The view from London and Baghdad
Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Sir John Sawers and Desmond Bowen 14:00 - 17:00 The view from Whitehall
17 December Jim Drummond, Martin Dinham & Stephen Pickford 11:30 - 13:00
14:00 - 15:30		 Promoting Iraq’s recovery and growth after the initial invasion

Week 5: 5 - 8 January 2010

Date Witness Timing of session Subject
5 January 2010 Sir William Patey 10.00 – 11.30 Baghdad 2005 - 2006
General Sir Nicholas Houghton and Vice Admiral Charles Style 11.30 – 13.00 The view from Baghdad 2005 – 2006; the military perspective from London 2006 - 2007
Simon McDonald 14.00 – 15.30 Policy Decisions 2007 - 2009
6 January 2010 General Sir Peter Wall and Jon Day 10.00 – 12.00 Policy Decisions 2007 - 2009
Mark Lowcock 12.00 – 13.00 Policy Decisions 2007 - 2009
Christopher Prentice 14.00 – 16.00 Baghdad 2007 – 2009
7 January 2010 Lieutenant General Barney White-Spunner 10.00 – 11.30 Basra: Operation Charge of the Knights
Nigel Haywood and Keith Mackiggan 11.30 – 13.00 Basra: Developments after the Charge of the Knights
8 January 2010 Peter Watkins 10.00 – 11.30 Negotiating the UK military exit
John Jenkins and Frank Baker 11.30 – 13.00 UK's policy towards Iraq in 2009

Week 6: 11 - 15 January 2010

Date Witness Timing of session Relevant role 
11 January Lieutenant General Sir Richard Shirreff 14.00 – 15.30 General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, July 2006 – Jan 2007
Major General Jonathan Shaw 15.30 – 17.00 General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Jan – Aug 2007
12 January Alastair Campbell 10.00 – 13.00 Director of Communications and Strategy to the Prime Minister, 2001 – 2003
13 January Nemat Shafik 10.00 – 13.00 Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2008 - 2009
Lord Turnbull 14.00 – 17.00 Cabinet Secretary, 2002 – 2005
15 January Major General Graham Binns 10.00 – 11.30 General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Aug 2007 – Feb 2008
General Sir John Reith (private session) 11.30 - 13.00 Chief Joint Operations Aug 2001-Jul 2004

Week 7: 18 - 22 January 2010

Date Witness Timing of session Relevant role 
18 January Jonathan Powell 14:00 - 17:00 Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 2001 - 2007
19 January Rt Hon. Geoffrey Hoon 10:00 - 13:00 and
14:00 - 17:00		 Secretary of State for Defence, 2001 - 2005
20 January Mark Lyall-Grant 14:00 - 15:30 Director General Political, FCO, 2007 - 2009
Sir David Omand 15:30 - 17:00 Permanent Secretary Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, 2002 - 2005
21 January Rt Hon. Jack Straw 14:00 - 17:00 Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001 - 2006
22 January Sir Suma Chakrabarti 10:00 - 11:30 Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2002 - 2007
Sir Nicholas Macpherson 11:30 - 13:00 Permanent Secretary, HMT, 2006 - 2009

Week 8: 25 - 29 January 2010

Date Witness Timing of session Relevant role 
25 January Rt Hon Des Browne MP 14.00 – 15.30 Secretary of State for Defence, May 2006 – Oct 2008
Rt Hon John Hutton MP 15.30 – 17.00 Secretary of State for Defence, Oct 2008 – June 2009
26 January  Sir Michael Wood 10.00 – 11.30 Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 – 2006
David Brummell 11.30 – 13.00 Legal Secretary to the Law Officers, 2001 - 2004
Elizabeth Wilmshurst 14.00 – 15.30 Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 – 2003
Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP 15.30 – 17.00 Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, May 2006 – June 2007
27 January Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC 10.00 – 13.00
and
14.00 – 17.00		 Attorney General, June 2001 – June 2007
29 January Rt Hon Tony Blair 09.30 – 12.30
and
14.00 – 17.00		 Prime Minister, 2001 – June 2007

Week 9: 1 - 3 February 2010

Date Witness Timing of session Relevant role 
1 February Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup 11:00 - 13:00 Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment) 2002 – August 2003
Chief of the Air Staff, August 2003 – April 2006
Chief of the Defence Staff, August 2006 - 2009
Rt Hon General the Lord Walker of Aldringham 14:00 - 15:00 Chief of the General Staff, 2001 – Feb 2003
Chief of the Defence Staff, May 2003 – April 2006
2 February Rt Hon Clare Short MP 10:00 - 13:00 International Development Secretary, 2001 – 2003
Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP 14:00 - 16:00 International Development Secretary, 2003 – 2007
Sir Peter Ricketts 16:00 - 17:00 Permanent Secretary, FCO, 2006 - 2009
3 February Sir Kevin Tebbit 09:00 - 10:00 Permanent Secretary, MOD, 2001 - 2005
Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP 10:00 - 13:00 Secretary of State for Defence, 2005 - 2006
Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP 14:00 - 17:00 Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Iraq, 2003 - 2009

NB. Change to timetable

Sir Bill Jeffrey, Permanent Secretary MOD 2005 - 2009 who was due to appear on 1 February is unwell. His rescheduled hearing will be announced in due course.

Week 10: 8 February 2010

Date Witness Timing of session Relevant role 
8 February General Sir John McColl 11:30 - 13:00 Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, 2004
Rt Hon Jack Straw MP 14:00 - 17:00 Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001 - 2006

Week 11: 5 March 2010

Date Witness Timing of session Subject
5 March Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP 10:00 – 12:00
13:30 - 15:30		 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2001 – 2007; Prime Minister, 2007 – 2009
Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP 16:30 – 18:00 Secretary of State for International Development, 2007 – 2009