Written Evidence by Date

Week 18

Date Subject/RoleEvidence
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 transcript
Commander in Chief Land Command, 2000 to 2003

Chief of the General Staff, 2003 to 2006
General Sir Mike Jackson transcript
Declassified Documents Declassified extract from the report of a visit to Kuwait by General Sir Mike Jackson dated 10 March 2003
Declassified extracts from the report of a visit to Iraq by General Sir Mike Jackson dated 13 May 2003
Declassified extract from the report of a visit to Iraq by General Sir Mike Jackson dated 21 January 2004
Declassified extract from the report of a visit to Iraq by General Sir Mike Jackson dated 25 April 2005
Declassified extracts from the report of a visit to Iraq by General Sir Mike Jackson dated October 2005
Declassified extract from the report of a visit to Iraq by General Sir Mike Jackson dated 22 May 2006
Declassified extract from the report of a visit to Iraq by General Sir Richard Dannatt dated 2 October 2006
Declassified extract from the report of a visit to Iraq by General Sir Richard Dannatt dated 3 January 2007
27 July 2010  Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability) Lt Gen Sir Robert Fulton and Lt Gen Andrew Figgures transcript
1st Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, 2000 to 2003 Dr Hans Blix transcript
Declassified Documents Memo from CJO to PS Min(DP) Protected Patrol Vehicles - 7 July 2006
Memo from APS Min(DP) to CM(BM) Protected Patrol Vehicles (PPV) 7 July 2006
26 July 2010 HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 2005 to 2008 Sir Ronnie Flanagan transcript
Declassified Document 31 January 2006, report by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, entitled An Assessment of the UK’s Contribution to Security Sector Reform (Policing) In Iraq - [paragraphs 7.37 & 7.38 remain classified and have been redacted from the published version]
Chief of Defence Procurement, 2003 to 2007 Sir Peter Spencer transcript

Week 17

Date Subject/RoleEvidence
23 July 2010 International Policing portfolio lead, Association of Chief Police Officers for England, Wales & Northern Ireland, 2001 to 2008 Paul Kernaghan transcript
Statement by Chief Constable (retired) Paul Kernaghan
21 July 2010 Director Europe, Middle East and Americas, Department for International Development, 2001 to 2004 Carolyn Miller transcript
Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2002 to 2005

Adjutant General, 2003 to 2005
Lt Gen Anthony Palmer and Lt Gen Sir Alistair Irwin transcript
Senior Police Adviser, Basra, 2005 to 2006 Colin Smith transcript
Statement by Assistant Chief Constable (retired) Colin Smith
Director of Law and Order and Senior Police Adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003 to 2004 Stephen White transcript
Statement by Assistant Chief Constable (retired) Stephen White
20 July 2010 Deputy Director General, Security Service until 2002

Director General, Security Service, 2002 to 2007
Baroness Manningham-Buller transcript
General Officer Commanding Multi National Division (South East), 2008 to 2009 Maj Gen Andy Salmon transcript
Surgeon General, 2006 to 2009 Lt Gen Louis Lillywhite transcript
Statement by Lt Gen Lillywhite, Surgeon General, 2006 to 2009
Declassified Documents Defence Medical Service - Director General Medical Operational Capability Report
22 March 2002, letter from E L Manningham-Buller to John Gieve (Home Office)
19 July 2010 Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2007 to present Transcript of Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson, Lt Gen Mark Mans and Air Marshal David Pocock hearing
Deputy Adjutant General, 2005 to 2008
Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2005 to 2007

Week 16

Date Subject/RoleEvidence
16 July 2010  Prime Minister’s Envoy for Reconstruction in Southern Iraq and Chairman of the Basra Development Commission, 2007 to 2009 Michael Wareing transcript
Minister of State for the Armed Forces, 2001 to 2007 Rt Hon Adam Ingram transcript
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 transcript
Team Leader – Defence, Diplomacy and Intelligence, HM Treasury, 2003 to 2005 John Dodds transcript
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 2002 to 2005 Rt Hon The Lord Boateng transcript
Declassified Document  Iraq - The Aftermath - Military Options
This paper was commissioned at the request of the Chancellor's private secretary as part of a general request for advice on military operations in the aftermath of any invasion, an overview of potential relief and reconstruction costs, the financing of post war reconstruction and an overview of the potential public expenditure implications. The note was sent to both the Chancellor and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury for action.
12 July 2010 First Secretary, United Kingdom Mission to New York, 1998 to 2002 Statement by Carne Ross 
Carne Ross transcript
General Officer Commanding Multi National Division (South East), 2005

Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (Operations), 2007 to 2009
Lt Gen Sir James Dutton transcript
Declassified Documents 20 April 2006 [RJB1], Situational Review of the United Kingdom Civilian Police Mission in Iraq
12 December 2005, Maj Gen Dutton Hauldown Report

Week 15

Date Subject/RoleEvidence 
09 July 2010 Managing Director, Financial Regulation & Industry, 2002
Managing Director, Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance, HM Treasury, 2002 to 2007
Sir Jonathan Cunliffe transcript
Head of Provincial Reconstruction Team, Basra, 2006 to 2007 Mark Etherington transcript
Declassified Document  The establishment and operation of the Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), April 2006 – Jaunuary 2007: Lessons Identified
07 July 2010  HM Ambassadors to Iran, 2003 to 2009 Sir Richard Dalton and Sir Geoffrey Adams transcript
06 July 2010 Director Operations and Infrastructure in the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003 to 2004 Statement by Andy Bearpark CBE
Andy Bearpark transcript
Director General Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence, 2004 to 2007 Martin Howard transcript
Minister of State for the Armed Forces, 2007 to 2009 Secretary of State for Defence, 2009 Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP transcript
05 July 2010  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, 2002 to 2003 Sally Keeble transcript
Statement by Sally Keeble
Declassified Documents Sally Keeble letter of 16 June 2003 to Tony Blair
Tony Blair reply dated 25 July 2003
Letter from Sir Suma Chakrabarti to Sir Andrew Turnbull, dated 4 July 2003

Week 14

Date Subject/RoleEvidence 
02 July 2010  Financial Management, General Resource & Plans, Ministry of Defence Bruce Mann CB, Tom McKane and Trevor Woolley CB Transcript
Declassified Documents  Review of MOD Cash Management
UK Military Contribution to Post-Conflict Iraq
30 June 2010 Permanent Under Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2002 to 2006 Statement by Rt Hon The Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG
Rt Hon The Lord Jay of Ewelme Transcript
Legal Counsellor to the United Kingdom’s Mission to the United Nations, 2001 to 2004 Statement by Iain Macleod
Ian Macleod Transcript
Legal Counsellor, Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers, 2002 to 2005 Cathy Adams Transcript
Declassified Documents Full list of declassified documents
Statements Statement by Assistant Chief Constable (retired) Stephen WHITE OBE, Director of Law and Order for the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq July 2003 to January 2004 (giving oral evidence on 21st July)
Statement by Assistant Chief Constable (retired) Colin SMITH QPM, Senior Police Advisor Iraq, January 2005 to April 2006 (giving oral evidence on 21st July)
Statement by Chief Superintendent (retired) Richard BARTON, UK Chief Police Advisor in Iraq, March 2006 to March 2007
29 June 2010 Chief Police Adviser to the Ministry of Interior, Baghdad, 2003 to 2004 Douglas Brand OBE transcript
HM Ambassador, Paris, 2001 to 2007 Sir John Holmes GCVO KBE CMG transcript
Statements Statement by Deputy Chief Constable (retired) Douglas BRAND OBE, UK Chief Police Adviser to the Ministry of Interior, Baghdad, 2003-4 (giving oral evidence at 10.00am on Tuesday, 29th June)
Statement by Chief Constable (retired) Paul KERNAGHAN QPM, International Policing lead for the Association of Chief Police Officers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2001-2008
Statement by Chief Superintendent (retired) Philip READ OBE, UK Senior Police Adviser, Basra, 2004
Statement by Acting Commander Kevin HURLEY, UK Senior Police Adviser, Basra, 2004
Statement by Chief Superintendent Michael COLBOURNE, UK Senior Police Adviser, Basra, 2007-2008
Statement by Chief Superintendent (retired) Geoffrey COOPER, UK Senior Police Adviser, Basra, 2008-2009
Declassified Documents Full list of declassified documents

Week 13

Date Subject/RoleEvidence
24 June 2010 The view from Baghdad and Basra 2007 to 2009 Transcript of Baxter, Jones, Reid, Tinline and Tucknott hearing
22 June 2010 The view from Baghdad and Basra 2004 to 2006 Transcript of Cameron, Collis, Foy and Tansley hearing

Week 12

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

Week 11

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

Week 10

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

Week 9

Date Subject/RoleEvidence 
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 transcript
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 transcript
2 February 2010 Declassified documents Letter from Austin to Sawers - Iraq: New Policy Framework, 15/03/01
Letter from Short to Blair - Humanitarian Planning and the role of the UN, 14/02/03
Letter from Short to Blair - Post-Conflict Iraq: UN & US roles, 05/03/03
International Development Secretary, 2001 – 2003 Rt Hon Clare Short MP transcript
International Development Secretary, 2003 – 2007 Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP transcript
Permanent Secretary, FCO, 2006 - 2009 Sir Peter Ricketts transcript
3 February Declassified documents Memo from APS/Defence Secretary to PSO/Chief of the Defence Staff - Iraq/Afghanistan commitments, 12/09/05
Memo from PSO/Chief of the Defence Staff to APS/Defence Secretary - Iraq/Afghanistan commitments, 19/09/05
Permanent Secretary, MOD, 2001 - 2005 Sir Kevin Tebbit transcript
Secretary of State for Defence, 2005 - 2006 Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP transcript
Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Iraq, 2003 - 2009 Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP transcript
Submission to the Iraq Inquiry by Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP on the work of INDICT
Submission to the Iraq Inquiry on the work of the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Iraq on Human Rights

Week 8

Date Subject/RoleEvidence 
25 January 2010 Secretary of State for Defence, May 2006 – Oct 2008 Rt Hon Des Browne MP transcript
Secretary of State for Defence, Oct 2008 – June 2009 Rt Hon John Hutton MP transcript
26 January 2010 Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 – 2006 Sir Michael Wood transcript
Sir Michael Wood statement
Statement of Sir Michael Wood on the rights and responsibilities of Occupying Powers
Legal Secretary to the Law Officers, 2001 - 2004 David Brummell transcript
David Brummell statement
Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 – 2003 Elizabeth Wilmshurst transcript
Elizabeth Wilmshurst statement
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, May 2006 – June 2007 Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP transcript
Declassified documents Written evidence documents
27 January 2010 Attorney General, June 2001 – June 2007 Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC transcript
29 January 2010 Prime Minister, 2001 – June 2007 Rt Hon Tony Blair transcript
Declassified documents Memo from Michael Wood to PS, 17/10/02
Letter from John Sawers to Sherard Cowpers-Coles, 07/03/01

Week 7

Date SubjectEvidence 
18 January 2010 Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 2001 - 2007 Jonathan Powell transcript
Extracts from FCO Diptel 73 of 101727Z April 2002
19 January 2010 Rt Hon. Geoffrey Hoon - Secretary of State for Defence, 2001 - 2005 Rt Hon. Geoffrey Hoon transcript
Letter from Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC to Rt Hon. Geoffrey Hoon - 28/03/02
Letter from Rt Hon. Geoffrey Hoon to Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC - 14/04/02
20 January 2010 Director General Political, FCO, 2007 - 2009 Mark Lyall-Grant transcript
Sir David Omand transcript
21 January 2010 Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001 - 2006 Rt Hon. Jack Straw MP transcript
Memorandum by the Rt Hon. Jack Straw MP to the Inquiry
22 January 2010 Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2002 - 2007 Sir Suma Chakrabarti transcript
Permanent Secretary, HMT, 2006 - 2009 Sir Nicholas Macpherson transcript
Witness statement - Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary, HMT

Week 6

Date SubjectEvidence 
11 January 2010 The view from Basra - July 2006 – January 2007 Lieutenant General Sir Richard Shirreff transcript
The view from Basra - January – August 2007 Major General Jonathan Shaw transcript
12 January 2010 Alastair Campbell - Director of Communications and Strategy to the Prime Minister, 2001 – 2003 Alastair Campbell Morning Session transcript

Alastair Campbell Afternoon Session transcript

Alastair Campbell addendum to evidence

14.07.04 The Butler Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Hutton Inquiry
07.07.03 The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Ninth Report of Session 2002-03
13 January 2010 Nemat Shafik - Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2008 - 2009 Nemat Shafik transcript
Lord Turnbull - Cabinet Secretary, 2002 – 2005 Lord Turnbull transcript
05.03.03 Relevant extract from letter from Sir Kevin Tebbit to Sir Andrew Turnbull
11.03.03 Letter from Suma Chakrabarti to Sir Andrew Turnbull
01.04.03 Letter from Suma Chakrabarti to Sir Andrew Turnbull
15 January 2010 Major General Graham Binns, General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Aug 2007 – Feb 2008 Major General Graham Binns transcript
General Sir John Reith (private session), Chief Joint Operations Aug 2001 - Jul 2004 General Sir John Reith (private session) transcript

Week 5

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

Week 4

Date SubjectEvidence 
14 December 2009 Views from Baghdad 2004 – 2005 Lt Gen Sir John Kiszely & Lt Gen Robin Brims transcript
The view from Basra 2004 - 2005 and Basra and the South after the invasion Lt Gen Jonathon Riley & Gen Sir Peter Wall transcript
15 December 2009  Baghdad at the time of the Coalition Provisional Authority Letter of 8 May 2003 from Sir Jeremy Greenstock and Ambassador Negroponte to the UN Security Council
Sir Jeremy Greenstock transcript
Views from Basra 2004 - 2006 Lt Gen William Rollo and Lt Gen John Cooper transcript
16 December 2009 The view from London and Baghdad Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry
The view from Whitehall Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Sir John Sawers and Desmond Bowen
17 December 2009 Promoting Iraq’s recovery and growth after the initial invasion Jim Drummond, Martin Dinham & Stephen Pickford
18 December 2009 The FCO's knowledge of the internal political, social and economic picture in Iraq from early 2001 to March 2003 Submission by Foreign and Commonwealth Office Research Analysts

Week 3

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

Week 2

Date SubjectEvidence 
30 November 2009 UK policy towards Iraq 2001 - 2003 Afternoon session transcript
01 December 2009 UK policy towards Iraq 2001 - 2003 Morning session transcript
03 December 2009 Military Planning Morning session transcript
04 December 2009  Military Planning  Lt General Sir Anthony Pigott transcript
David Wilson transcript
The view from London and Baghdad 2004-2007 Dominic Asquith transcript

Week 1

As background for the Iraq Inquiry papers on the UNSCRs on Iraq (1990-2001) and the Iraq No Fly Zones have been provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence respectively. The Iraq Inquiry takes no responsibility for their content.

Date SubjectEvidence 
24 November 2009
UK Policy towards Iraq in 2001

Iraq: No Fly Zones

UN Security Council Resolutions on Iraq, 1990-2001
Morning session transcript
Afternoon session transcript
25 November 2009 Weapons of Mass Destruction Morning session transcript
Afternoon session transcript
Addendum to the evidence of Tim Dowse
26 November 2009 The Transatlantic Relationship Morning session transcript
27 November 2009 Developments in the United Nations Statement by Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Morning session transcript