The Hearings
Hearings have now ended and the Inquiry has not confirmed whether they will resume in the autumn.
Recent hearings
Tuesday 29 June
Chairman’s opening remarks published version
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Douglas Brand OBE Chief Police Adviser to the Ministry of Interior, Baghdad, 2003 to 2004 transcript
Sir John Holmes GCVO KBE CMG HM Ambassador to Paris, 2001 to 2007 transcript
Wednesday 30 June
Rt Hon The Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG Permanent Under Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2002 to 2006 transcript
Iain MacLeod Legal Counsellor to the UK Mission to the UN, 2001 to 2004 transcript
Cathy Adams Legal Counsellor, Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers, 2002 to 2005 transcript
Friday 2 July
Bruce Mann CB Director General Financial Management, Ministry of Defence, 2001 to 2004
Tom McKane Director General Resource & Plans, Ministry of Defence, 2002 to 2006
Trevor Woolley CB Director General Resource & Plans, Ministry of Defence, 1998 to 2002 and
Financial Director, Ministry of Defence, 2003 to 2009
transcript
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Monday 5 July
Sally Keeble (Minister of State, Department for International Development, 2002 to 2003) transcript
Tuesday 6 July
Andy Bearpark CBE (Director Operations and Infrastructure in the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003 to 2004) transcript
Martin Howard CB (Director General Operational Policy, MOD, 2004 to 2007) transcript
Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP (Minister of State for the Armed Forces, 2007 to 2009; Secretary of State for Defence, 2009) transcript
Wednesday 7 July
Sir Richard Dalton (KCMG HM Ambassador to Iran, 2003 to 2006)
Sir Geoffrey Adams KCMG (HM Ambassador to Iran, 2006 to 2009)
transcript
Friday 9 July
Sir Jonathan Cunliffe CB (Managing Director, Financial Regulation & Industry, 2002; Managing Director, Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance, HM Treasury, 2003 to 2007)
Mark Etherington (Head of Provincial Reconstruction Team, Basra 2006 to 2007)
Monday 12 July
Carne Ross First Secretary, United Kingdom Mission to New York, 1998 to 2002 transcript statement
Lt Gen Sir James Dutton KCB CBE General Officer Commanding Multi National Division (South East), 2005; Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (Operations), 2007 to 2009 transcript
Wednesday 14 July
General Sir Kevin O’Donoghue KCB CBE Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Health), 2002 to 2004; Chief of Defence Logistics, 2005 to 2007; Chief of Defence Material, 2007 to 2009
John Dodds Team Leader – Defence, Diplomacy and Intelligence, HM Treasury, 2003 to 2005
transcript
Rt Hon The Lord Boateng Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 2002 to 2005
Friday 16 July
Michael Wareing CMG Prime Minister’s Envoy for Reconstruction in Southern Iraq and Chairman of the Basra Development Commission, 2007 to 2009 transcript
Rt Hon Adam Ingram Minister of State for the Armed Forces, 2001 to 2007 transcript
Monday 19 July
Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson CB CVO Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2007 to present
Lt Gen Mark Mans CBE Deputy Adjutant General, 2005 to 2008
Air Marshal David Pocock CB CVO Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2005 to 2007
Tueday 20 July
Baroness Manningham-Buller DCB Deputy Director General, Security Service until 2002; Director General, Security Service, 2002 to 2007 transcript
Maj Gen Andy Salmon CMG OBE General Officer Commanding Multi National Division (South East), 2008 to 2009 transcript
Lt Gen Louis Lillywhite CB MBE QHS Surgeon General, 2006 to 2009 transcript
Wednesday 21 July
Stephen White OBE Director of Law and Order and Senior Police Adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003 to 2004 transcript
Colin Smith QPM Senior Police Adviser, Basra, 2005 to 2006 transcript
Lt Gen Anthony Palmer CB CBE Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel), 2002 to 2005
Lt Gen Sir Alistair Irwin KCB CBE Adjutant General, 2003 to 2005
Carolyn Miller Director Europe, Middle East and Americas, Department for International Development, 2001 to 2004 transcript
Friday 23 July
Paul Kernaghan CBE QPM International Policing portfolio lead, Association of Chief Police Officers for England, Wales & Northern Ireland, 2001 to 2008
Monday 26 July
14:00 – 15:30
Sir Ronnie Flanagan GBE QPM HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 2005 to 2008
15:30 – 17:00
Sir Peter Spencer KCB Chief of Defence Procurement, 2003 to 2007
Tuesday 27 July
10:00 – 13:00
Lt Gen Sir Robert Fulton KBE Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability), 2003 to 2006
Lt Gen Andrew Figgures CBE Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability), 2006 to 2009
14:00 – 17:00
Dr Hans Blix 1st Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, 2000 to 2003
Wednesday 28 July
10:00 – 13:00
General Sir Richard Dannatt GCB CBE MC 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
14:00 – 17:00
General Sir Mike Jackson GCB CBE DSO DL Commander in Chief Land Command, 2000 to 2003; Chief of the General Staff, 2003 to 2006
Friday 30 July
09:30 – 11:00
Rt Hon The Lord Prescott First Secretary of State and Deputy Prime Minister, to 2007
Secret hearings
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During the period after the general election campaign, the Inquiry held a number of hearings behind closed doors. Some of these did not take place in public because they included junior officials. However the Inquiry has now published the transcripts of these hearings.
Tuesday 22 June
The view from Baghdad and Basra 2004 to 2006
Lindy Cameron Head of DFID Baghdad, 2004 to 2005
Simon Collis Consul General Basra, 2004 to 2005
Tim Foy Head of DFID Baghdad, 2005 to 2006; Head of PRT Basra and reviewer of PRT 2006
James Tansley Consul General Basra, 2005 to 2006
Thursday 24 June
The view from Baghdad and Basra 2007 to 2009
Jonny Baxter Head of DFID Baghdad, 2007 to 2008
Richard Jones Consul General Basra, 2007 to 2008
Kathleen Reid Head of DFID Basra, 2007 to 2008
Rob Tinline Head of PRT Basra, 2007 to 2008
John Tucknott Deputy Head of Mission Baghdad, 2007 to 2009
transcript
Pre-election hearings
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Hearings began on Tuesday 24 November 2009
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Tuesday 24 November
Topic: UK Policy towards Iraq in 2001
Simon Webb (Policy Director, Ministry of Defence, 2001- 2004)
Sir Peter Ricketts (Political Director, Foreign Office 2002/3)
William Patey (Head of Middle East Department, Foreign Office, 1999-2002)
Sir Michael Wood (Legal Adviser, Foreign Office, 1999-2006)
Afternoon session transcript
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Wednesday 25 November
Topic: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sir William Ehrman (Director International Security, Foreign Office 2000-2002)
Tim Dowse (Head of Counter Proliferation, Foreign Office, 2001-2003)
Afternoon session transcript
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Thursday 26 November
Topic: The Transatlantic Relationship
Sir Christopher Meyer (British Ambassador to the United States 1997–2003)
Friday 27 November
Topic: Developments in the United Nations
Sir Jeremy Greenstock (British Ambassador to the United Nations 1998-2003)
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Monday 30 November
Topic: UK policy towards Iraq 2001 – 2003
Sir David Manning Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister 2001-2003
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Tuesday 1 December
Topic: UK policy towards Iraq 2001 – 2003
Edward Chaplin HM Ambassador to Jordan 2000-2002
Peter Ricketts Director General Political (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 2001-2003
Thursday 3 December
Topic: Military Planning
Kevin Tebbit Permanent Secretary (Ministry of Defence) 1998-2005
Michael Boyce Chief of the Defence Staff 2001-2003
Friday 4 December
Topic: Military Planning
Anthony Pigott Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) 2000-2003
Transcript
David Wilson Senior British Military Adviser to CENTCOM 2002-2003
Transcript
Topic: The view from London and Baghdad 2004-2007
Dominick Asquith Director Iraq at the Foreign Office 2004-2006 and HM Ambassador to Iraq 2006-2007
Transcript
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Monday 7 December
Topic: Baghdad 2004 – 2005
Edward Chaplin HM Ambassador to Baghdad, 2004 – 2005 Transcript
Topic: Post Invasion Iraq: The planning and the reality after the invasion
Maj Gen Timothy Cross (Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003) Transcript; Written statement
Desmond Bowen (Deputy Head, Defence and Overseas Secretariat from September 2002) Transcript
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Tuesday 8 December
Topic: Post Invasion Iraq: The planning and the reality after the invasion
Sir Suma Chakrabarti (Permanent Secretary, Department for International Development, 2002-2007) Transcript
Dominick Chilcott (Head of Iraq Planning Unit, Foreign Office, 2003) Transcript
Topic: Intelligence
Sir John Scarlett (Chairman Joint Intelligence Committee 2001-2004) Transcript
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Topic: The Military Invasion
Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge National Component Commander Operation Telic, Nov 2002 – May 2003
Lt Gen Robin Brims General Officer Commanding 1 (UK) Armoured Division, UK Land Component Commander Operation Telic, Nov 2002 – May 2003 Transcript
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Wednesday 9 December
Topic: Law, Order and Security in the aftermath
Lt Gen Sir Frederick Viggers Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, May – – Sept 2003
Lt Gen Andrew Figgures Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, Sept 2003 – Apr 2004
Topic: Basra and the South 2003 – 2004
Sir Hilary Synnott Coalition Provisional Authority’s Regional Commander for Southern Iraq, Jul 2003 – Jan 2004
Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South-East, Jul 2003 – Dec 2003, and Senior British Military Adviser to Iraq, Sept 2006 – July 2007
Maj Gen Andrew Stewart Coalition Provisional Authority’s Regional Commander for Southern Iraq, Jul 2003 – Jan 2004
Topic: Baghdad 2006 – 2007
Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb
Thursday 10 December
Topics: No 10 perspective in 2001; the early days of the Coalition Provisional Authority
Sir John Sawers (Private Secretary to Tony Blair with responsibility for Foreign Affairs, 1999-2001) UK Special Envoy for Iraq, May – July 2003 and Political Director, FCO, 2003 – 2007
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Monday 14 December
Topic: Views from Baghdad 2004 – 2005
Lt Gen Sir John Kiszely
Lt Gen Robin Brims
Transcript
Topic: The view from Basra 2004 – 2005
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Lt Gen Jonathon Riley
Topic: Basra and the South after the invasion
Gen Sir Peter Wall
Transcript
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Tuesday 15 December
Topic: Baghdad at the time of the Coalition Provisional Authority
Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Transcript
Topic: Views from Basra 2004 – 2006
Lt Gen William Rollo
Lt Gen John Cooper
Transcript
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Wednesday 16 December
Topic: The view from London and Baghdad
Lt Gen Sir Robert Fry
Transcript
Topic: The view from Whitehall
Sir Nigel Sheinwald
Sir John Sawers
Desmond Bowen
Transcript
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Thursday 17 December
Topic: Promoting Iraq’s recovery and growth after the initial invasion
Jim Drummond
Martin Dinham
Stephen Pickford
Transcript
Tuesday 5 January
Topic: Baghdad 2005 – 2006
Sir William Patey
Topics: The view from Baghdad 2005 – 2006; the military perspective from London 2006 – 2007
General Sir Nicholas Houghton
Vice Admiral Charles Style
Topic: Policy Decisions 2007 – 2009
Simon McDonald
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Wednesday 6 January
Topic: Policy Decisions 2007 – 2009
General Sir Peter Wall
Jon Day
Mark Lowcock
Topic: Baghdad 2007 – 2009
Christopher Prentice
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Thursday 7 January
Topic: Basra: Operation Charge of the Knights
Major General Barney White-Spunner
Topic: Basra: Developments after the Charge of the Knights
Nigel Haywood
Keith Mackiggan
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Friday 8 January
Topic: Negotiating the UK military exit
Peter Watkins
Topic: UK’s policy towards Iraq in 2009
John Jenkins
Frank Baker
Second Phase hearings
The second phase of the Inquiry’s public hearings began during the week commencing 11 January 2010 although the first witnesses that week were part of its attempts to establish a narrative. During the second phase, witnesses were listed according to the roles on which they were questioned, rather than according to topic.
Monday 11 January
Lieutenant General Sir Richard Shirreff, General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, July 2006 – Jan 2007
Major General Jonathan Shaw, General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Jan – Aug 2007
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Tuesday 12 January
Alastair Campbell, Director of Communications and Strategy to the Prime Minister, 2001 – 2003
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Wednesday 13 January
Nemat Shafik, Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2008 – 2009
Lord Turnbull, Cabinet Secretary, 2002 – 2005
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Thursday 15 January
Major General Graham Binns, General Officer Commanding Multi-National Division South East, Aug 2007 – Feb 2008
Monday 18 January
Jonathan Powell, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 2001 – 2007
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Tuesday 19 January
Geoff Hoon, Secretary of State for Defence, 2001 – 2005
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Wednesday 20 January
Mark Lyall-Grant, Director General Political, FCO, 2007 – 2009
Sir David Omand, Permanent Secretary, Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, 2002 – 2005
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Thursday 21 January
Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001 – 2006
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Friday 22 January
Sir Suma Chakrabarti, Permanent Secretary, DFID, 2002 – 2007
Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary, HMT, 2006 – 2009
Monday 25 January
Rt Hon Des Browne MP Secretary of State for Defence, May 2006 – Oct 2008
Rt Hon John Hutton MP Secretary of State for Defence, Oct 2008 – June 2009
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Tuesday 26 January
Sir Michael Wood Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 – 2006
David Brummell Legal Secretary to the Law Officers, 2001 – 2004
Elizabeth Wilmshurst Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2001 – 2003
Margaret Beckett MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, May 2006 – June 2007
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Wednesday 27 January
Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC Attorney General, June 2001 – June 2007
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29 January
Tony Blair Prime Minister, 2001 – June 2007
Monday 1 February
Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, 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
Sir Bill Jeffrey, Permanent Secretary, MOD, 2005 – 2009
General the Lord Walker of Aldringham, Chief of the General Staff, 2001 – Feb 2003; Chief of the Defence Staff, May 2003 – April 2006
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Tuesday 2 February
Clare Short MP, International Development Secretary, 2001 – 2003
Hilary Benn MP, International Development Secretary, 2003 – 2007
Sir Peter Ricketts, Permanent Secretary, FCO, 2006 – 2009
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Wednesday 3 February
Sir Kevin Tebbit, Permanent Secretary, MOD, 2001 – 2005
Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP, Secretary of State for Defence, 2005 – 2006
Rt Hon Ann Clywd MP, Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Iraq, 2003 – 2009
Monday 8 February
General Sir John McColl, Senior British Military Representative in Iraq, 2004 – 2005
Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 2001 – 2006
Friday 5 March
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, also chancellor 1997-2007
Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development
Monday 8 March
David Miliband, Foreign Secretary
Sir Bill Jeffrey, Permanent Secretary MOD 2005 – 2009
3 Responses to “The Hearings”
Comment from Ann Gerow
Time November 25, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Iraq’s OIL was BushCo’s agenda.
Cheney convened secret energy policy group immediately on entering office, but oil planning occurred even earlier (Greg Palast / BBC).
The first two Natl Security Council principals’ meetings of the Bush admin were devoted to Iraq, oil, regime change. The issue was not whether to do it, but how. (Ron Suskind / Paul O’Neill “Price of Loyalty”; “60 Minutes” story on the book).
Where in UK Govt are oil interests located?
Who from UKG tied into Cheney’s energy group or to Cheney’s office, planning for taking Iraq’s oil through invasion?
Comment from Tom APPLETON
Time February 5, 2010 at 8:38 am
I still cannot reconcile John Scarlett’s twin assertion that he was in charge of the preparation of the infamous Dossier and that it was mostly rubbish. I keep asking myself was he a knave or a fool. Either way, he cetainly was not fit for promotion, as a result.
Comment from rose gentle
Time October 4, 2009 at 1:53 pm
i have to go to on the 21,10,2009
to put my quesgins to the panel