Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan: Revised Terms of Reference Debate
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Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan: Revised Terms of Reference
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The Secretary of State for Defence (Grant Shapps)
Further to the statement by my right hon. Friend the Member for Wyre and Preston North (Mr Wallace) dated 5 July 2023, I can confirm that the terms of reference of the independent inquiry relating to Afghanistan have been amended by agreement with the chair, the right hon. Lord Justice Haddon-Cave.
I have placed a copy of the revised terms of reference in the Library of the House.
The amendments reflect the written ministerial statement, which avowed the involvement of special forces in alleged unlawful activity in Afghanistan in the period mid-2010 to mid-2013.
In my new capacity as Secretary of State for Defence, I would like to reiterate my strong support for this inquiry commissioned my right hon. Friend the Member for Wyre and Preston North.
Attachments can be viewed online at:
http://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-09-19/HCWS1043
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