Select Committee · Treasury Committee

Defence spending and finance

Status: Closed Opened: 3 Jun 2026 Closed: 30 Sep 2026

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
8 Jul 2026
Oral evidence session
Aneen Blackmore · Ministry of Defence, Conrad Smewing · HM Treasury, Luke Pollard MP · Ministry of Defence, Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP · HM Treasury
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3 Jun 2026
Oral evidence
Andrew Kinniburgh · Make UK Defence, Lucia Retter · RAND Europe, Max Warner · Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Who gave evidence

7 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Andrew Kinniburgh · General Director Make UK Defence 1
Aneen Blackmore · Director General Finance Ministry of Defence 1
Conrad Smewing · Director General Public Spending and Head of the Government Finance Function HM Treasury 1
Lucia Retter · Research Leader RAND Europe 1
Luke Pollard MP · Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Ministry of Defence 1
Max Warner · Senior research economist Institute for Fiscal Studies 1
Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP · Chief Secretary to the Treasury HM Treasury 1

Correspondence

1 letter

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