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Week 21

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
02 February 2011	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001 to 2006	Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
31 January 2011	Head of United Nations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 to 2003 Head of United Nations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 to 2003 Director of International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2004 to 2007	Stephen Pattison
31 January 2011	Director for Iraq, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2003 to 2004	John Buck

Week 20

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
28 January 2011	Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, 2005 to date	Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB
27 January 2011	Chief of the Defence Staff, 2001 to 2003	Admiral The Lord Boyce GCB OBE DL
26 January 2011	Deputy United Kingdom Special Representative to Iraq, 2003 to 2004 United Kingdom Special Representative to Iraq, 2004 Director General Defence and Intelligence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2004 to 2007	Sir David Richmond KBE CMG
25 January 2011	Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, 1998 to 2002	Lord Wilson of Dinton GCB
25 January 2011	Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, 2002 to 2005	Lord Turnbull of Enfield GCB

Week 19

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
21 January 2011	Prime Minister, 1997 to 2007	The Rt Hon Tony Blair
19 January 2011	Deputy Head of Defence & Overseas Secretariat, Cabinet Office, 1999 to 2002	Tom McKane
19 January 2011	Prime Minister’s Adviser on European Issues and Head of the Cabinet Office’s European Secretariat, 2000 to 2004	Sir Stephen Wall GCMG LVO
18 January 2011	United Kingdom’s Air Component Commander for Operation Telic One, 2003 Chief of Joint Operations, 2004 to 2006 Chief of the Air Staff, 2006 to 2009	Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy GCB CBE DSO

Week 18

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
30 July 2010	First Secretary of State and Deputy Prime Minister, to 2007	Rt Hon The Lord Prescott
28 July 2010	Assistant Chief of the General Staff, 2001 to 2002 Commander in Chief Land Command, 2005 to 2006 Chief of the General Staff, 2006 to 2009	General Sir Richard Dannatt GCB CBE MC
28 July 2010	Commander in Chief Land Command, 2000 to 2003 Chief of the General Staff, 2003 to 2006	General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO DL
27 July 2010	Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability)	Lt Gen Sir Robert Fulton KBE
	Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability)	Lt Gen Andrew Figgures CBE
	1st Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, 2000 to 2003	Dr Hans Blix
26 July 2010	HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 2005 to 2008	Sir Ronnie Flanagan GBE QPM
26 July 2010	Chief of Defence Procurement, 2003 to 2007	Sir Peter Spencer KCB

Week 17

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
23 July 2010	International Policing portfolio lead, Association of Chief Police Officers for England, Wales & Northern Ireland, 2001 to 2008	Paul Kernaghan CBE QPM
21 July 2010	Director of Law and Order and Senior Police Adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003 to 2004	Stephen White OBE
	Senior Police Adviser, Basra, 2005 to 2006	Colin Smith QPM
	Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2002 to 2005	Lt Gen Anthony Palmer CB CBE
	Adjutant General, 2003 to 2005	Lt Gen Sir Alistair Irwin KCB CBE
	Director Europe, Middle East and Americas, Department for International Development, 2001 to 2004	Carolyn Miller
20 July 2010	Deputy Director General, Security Service until 2002 Director General, Security Service, 2002 to 2007	Baroness Manningham-Buller DCB
	General Officer Commanding Multi National Division (South East), 2008 to 2009	Maj Gen Andy Salmon CMG OBE
	Surgeon General, 2006 to 2009	Lt Gen Louis Lillywhite CB MBE QHS
19 July 2010	Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2007 to present	Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson CB CVO
	Deputy Adjutant General, 2005 to 2008	Lt Gen Mark Mans CBE
	Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2005 to 2007	Air Marshal David Pocock CB CVO

Week 16

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
16 July 2010	Prime Minister’s Envoy for Reconstruction in Southern Iraq and Chairman of the Basra Development Commission, 2007 to 2009	Michael Wareing CMG
16 July 2010	Minister of State for the Armed Forces, 2001 to 2007	Rt Hon Adam Ingram
14 July 2010	Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Health), 2002 to 2004 Chief of Defence Logistics, 2005 to 2007 Chief of Defence Material, 2007 to 2009	General Sir Kevin O’Donoghue KCB CBE
	Team Leader – Defence, Diplomacy and Intelligence, HM Treasury, 2003 to 2005	John Dodds
	Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 2002 to 2005	Rt Hon The Lord Boateng
12 July 2010	First Secretary, United Kingdom Mission to New York, 1998 to 2002	Carne Ross
12 July 2010	General Officer Commanding Multi National Division (South East), 2005 Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (Operations), 2007 to 2009	Lt Gen Sir James Dutton KCB CBE

Week 15

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
09 July 2010	Managing Director, Financial Regulation & Industry, 2002 Managing Director, Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance, HM Treasury, 2002 to 2007	Sir Jonathan Cunliffe CB
09 July 2010	Head of Provincial Reconstruction Team, Basra, 2006 to 2007	Mark Etherington CBE
07 July 2010	HM Ambassador to Iran, 2003 to 2006	Sir Richard Dalton KCMG
07 July 2010	HM Ambassador to Iran, 2006 to 2009	Sir Geoffrey Adams KCMG
06 July 2010	Director Operations and Infrastructure in the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003 to 2004	Andy Bearpark CBE
	Director General Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence, 2004 to 2007	Martin Howard CB
	Minister of State for the Armed Forces, 2007 to 2009 Secretary of State for Defence, 2009	Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP
05 July 2010	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, 2002 to 2003	Sally Keeble

Week 14

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
02 July 2010	Director General Financial Management, Ministry of Defence, 2001 to 2004	Bruce Mann CB
	Director General Resource & Plans, Ministry of Defence, 2002 to 2006	Tom McKane
	Trevor Woolley CB	Director General Resource & Plans, Ministry of Defence, 1998 to 2002 Financial Director, Ministry of Defence, 2003 to 2009
30 June 2010	Permanent Under Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2002 to 2006	Rt Hon The Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG
	Legal Counsellor to the United Kingdom’s Mission to the United Nations, 2001 to 2004	Iain MacLeod
	Legal Counsellor, Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers, 2002 to 2005	Cathy Adams
29 June 2010	Chief Police Adviser to the Ministry of Interior, Baghdad, 2003 to 2004	Douglas Brand OBE
29 June 2010	HM Ambassador, Paris, 2001 to 2007	Sir John Holmes GCVO KBE CMG

Week 13

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
24 June 2010	The view from Baghdad and Basra 2007 to 2009	Jonny Baxter Richard Jones Kathleen Reid Rob Tinline John Tucknott
22 June 2010	The view from Baghdad and Basra 2004 to 2007	Lindy Cameron Simon Collis Tim Foy James Tansley

Week 12

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
8 March 2010	Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, 2007 – 2009	Rt Hon David Miliband MP
8 March 2010	Permanent Secretary, MOD, 2005 – 2009	Sir Bill Jeffrey

Week 11

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
5 March 2010	Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2001 – 2007; Prime Minister, 2007 – 2009	Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
5 March 2010	Secretary of State for International Development, 2007 – 2009	Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP

Week 10

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
8 February 2010	Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, 2004	General Sir John McColl
8 February 2010	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001 - 2006	Rt Hon Jack Straw MP

Week 9

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
3 February 2010	Permanent Secretary, MOD, 2001 - 2005	Sir Kevin Tebbit
	Secretary of State for Defence, 2005 - 2006	Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP
	Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Iraq, 2003 - 2009	Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP
2 February 2010	International Development Secretary, 2001 – 2003	Rt Hon Clare Short MP
	International Development Secretary, 2003 – 2007	Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
	Permanent Secretary, FCO, 2006 - 2009	Sir Peter Ricketts
1 February 2010	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	Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup
1 February 2010	Chief of the General Staff, 2001 – Feb 2003 Chief of the Defence Staff, May 2003 – April 2006	Rt Hon General the Lord Walker of Aldringham

Week 8

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
29 January 2010	Prime Minister, 2001 – June 2007	Rt Hon Tony Blair
27 January 2010	Attorney General, June 2001 – June 2007	Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC
26 January 2010	Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 – 2006	Sir Michael Wood
	Legal Secretary to the Law Officers, 2001 - 2004	David Brummell
	Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 – 2003	Elizabeth Wilmshurst
	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, May 2006 – June 2007	Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
25 January 2010	Secretary of State for Defence, May 2006 – Oct 2008	Rt Hon Des Browne MP
25 January 2010	Secretary of State for Defence, Oct 2008 – June 2009	Rt Hon John Hutton MP

Week 7

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
22 January 2010	Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2002 - 2007	Sir Suma Chakrabarti
22 January 2010	Permanent Secretary, HMT, 2006 - 2009	Sir Nicholas Macpherson
21 January 2010	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001 - 2006	Rt Hon Jack Straw
20 January 2010	Director General Political, FCO, 2007 - 2009	Mark Lyall-Grant
20 January 2010	Permanent Secretary Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, 2002 - 2005	Sir David Omand
19 January 2010	Secretary of State for Defence, 2001 - 2005	Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon
18 January 2010	Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 2001 - 2007	Jonathan Powell

Week 6

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
15 January 2010	General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Aug 2007 – Feb 2008	Maj Gen Graham Binns
Chief Joint Operations Aug 2001-Jul 2004	General Sir John Reith (private session)
13 January 2010	Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2008 - 2009	Nemat Shafik
Cabinet Secretary, 2002 – 2005	Lord Turnbull
12 January 2010	Director of Communications and Strategy to the Prime Minister, 2001 – 2003	Alastair Campbell
11 January 2010	The view from Basra - July 2006 – January 2007	Lt Gen Sir Richard Shirreff
The view from Basra - January – August 2007	Maj Gen Jonathan Shaw

Date Subject/Role Witnesses

15 January 2010 General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Aug 2007 – Feb 2008 Maj Gen Graham Binns

Chief Joint Operations Aug 2001-Jul 2004 General Sir John Reith (private session)

13 January 2010 Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2008 - 2009 Nemat Shafik

Cabinet Secretary, 2002 – 2005 Lord Turnbull

12 January 2010 Director of Communications and Strategy to the Prime Minister, 2001 – 2003 Alastair Campbell

11 January 2010 The view from Basra - July 2006 – January 2007 Lt Gen Sir Richard Shirreff

The view from Basra - January – August 2007 Maj Gen Jonathan Shaw

Week 5

Date	Subject/Role	Witnesses
08 January 2010	Negotiating the UK military exit	Peter Watkins
08 January 2010	UK's policy towards Iraq in 2009	John Jenkins and Frank Baker
07 January 2010	Basra: Operation Charge of the Knights	Lt Gen Barney White-Spunner
07 January 2010	Basra: Developments after the Charge of the Knights	Nigel Haywood and Keith Mackiggan
06 January 2010	Policy Decisions 2007 - 2009	General Sir Peter Wall and Jon Day
	Policy Decisions 2007 - 2009	Mark Lowcock
	Baghdad 2007 – 2009	Christopher Prentice
05 January 2010	Baghdad 2005 - 2006	Sir William Patey
	The view from Baghdad 2005 – 2006; the military perspective from London 2006 - 2007	General Sir Nicholas Houghton and Vice Admiral Charles Style
	Policy Decisions 2007 - 2009	Simon McDonald

Week 4

Date	Subject	Witnesses
17 December 2009	Promoting Iraq’s recovery and growth after the initial invasion	Jim Drummond, Martin Dinham & Stephen Pickford
16 December 2009	The view from London and Baghdad	Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry
16 December 2009	The view from Whitehall	Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Sir John Sawers and Desmond Bowen
15 December 2009	Baghdad at the time of the Coalition Provisional Authority	Sir Jeremy Greenstock
15 December 2009	Views from Basra 2004 - 2006	Lt Gen William Rollo and Lt Gen John Cooper
14 December 2009	Views from Baghdad 2004 – 2005	Lt Gen Sir John Kiszely & Lt Gen Robin Brims
14 December 2009	Basra and the South after the invasion	Lt Gen Jonathon Riley & Gen Sir Peter Wall

Week 3

Date	Subject	Witnesses
10 December 2009	No10 perspective in 2001; the early days of the Coalition Provisional Authority	Sir John Sawers
09 December 2009	Law, Order and Security in the aftermath	Lt Gen Sir Frederick Viggers & Lt Gen Andrew Figgures
	Basra and the South 2003 - 2004	Sir Hilary Synnott, Lt Gen Lamb & Maj Gen Andrew Stewart
	Baghdad 2006 - 2007	Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb
08 December 2009	Post Invasion Iraq: The planning and the reality after the invasion	Sir Suma Chakrabarti Dominick Chilcott
	Intelligence	Sir John Scarlett
	The Military Invasion	Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge & Lt Gen Robin Brims
07 December 2009	Baghdad 2004 - 2005	Edward Chaplin
07 December 2009	Post Invasion Iraq: The planning and the reality after the invasion	Maj Gen Tim Cross Desmond Bowen

Week 2

Date	Subject	Witnesses
04 December 2009	Military Planning	Lt Gen Sir Anthony Pigott, David Wilson
04 December 2009	The view from London and Baghdad 2004-2007	Dominic Asquith
03 December 2009	Military Planning	Kevin Tebbit & Michael Boyce
01 December 2009	UK policy towards Iraq 2001 - 2003	Edward Chaplin & Sir Peter Ricketts
30 November 2009	UK policy towards Iraq 2001 - 2003	David Manning

Week 1

Date	Subject	Witnesses
27 November 2009	Developments in the United Nations	Jeremy Greenstock
26 November 2009	The Transatlantic Relationship	Christopher Meyer
25 November 2009	Weapons of mass destruction	Tim Dowse and William Ehrman
24 November 2009	UK Policy towards Iraq in 2001	Simon Webb, Sir Peter Ricketts, William Patey and Michael Wood

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