Select committee: Treasury Committee

Defence spending and finance

Closed Opened 3 Jun 2026 Closed 30 Sep 2026

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 3 June 2026.

The committee has not published a report yet.

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	View ↗
3 Jun 2026	Oral evidence Andrew Kinniburgh · Make UK Defence, Lucia Retter · RAND Europe, Max Warner · Institute for Fiscal Studies	View ↗

7 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
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

1 letter

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Published	Direction	Letter
4 Jun 2026	Not recorded	Correspondence from the Chair to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Defence relating to Defence spending and finance, dated 3 June 2026