Select Committee · Defence Committee

Land Acquisition

Status: Closed Opened: 19 Dec 2022 Closed: 26 Apr 2024
Inquiry scopeThis one-off session on Army acquisition will focus on: Whether the Ministry of Defence’s re-fresh of the Integrated Review will re-evaluate the Army’s intention to create a “…warfighting division, optimised to fight a peer adversary…”? Whether lessons emerging from the on-going conflict in Ukraine might alter Land Command’s equipment priorities. Provide a programme update on a number of Land capabilities, such as Ajax, Challenger 3 and Boxer.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date Session and witnesses Source
11 Jan 2023 Alex Chalk MP · Ministry of Defence, David Williams · Daily Mail, Lt General Sharon Nesmith · Ministry of Defence, Major General Darren Crook · Ministry of Defence View ↗

Who gave evidence

4 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Alex Chalk MP · Minister for Defence Procurement Ministry of Defence 1
David Williams · Journalist Daily Mail 1
Lt General Sharon Nesmith · Deputy Chief of the General Staff Ministry of Defence 1
Major General Darren Crook · Director Land Equipment, DE&S Ministry of Defence 1

Correspondence

2 letters

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