Written Evidence by Date

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