| Date |
Topic |
Details |
| 19/06/2012 |
"Dining out" 20 Brigade |
Senior officers of the Brigade |
| 21/05/2012 |
Cyber security |
Cabinet Office, MoD Chair : Baroness Neville-Jones |
| 24/04/2012 |
Op Ellamy and joint operations |
Air Chief Marshall Sir Stuart Peach Chair : James Gray MP |
| 20/03/2012 |
Current issues |
Ursula Brennan, Permanent Secretary, MoD Chair : Lord Lee of Trafford |
| 21/02/2012 |
Soft power with ref to the Arab Spring |
BBC World Service, UK Government's Stabilisation Unit. Chair : Sarah Newton MP |
| 25/01/2012 |
The defence contribution of smaller nations |
HE the Danish Ambassador Chairman : Anne McIntosh MP |
| 21/11/2011 |
Peace after our war |
US journalist Ann Jones on the future of Afghanistan |
| 07/11/2011 |
"Incoming" - a play by Sir Andrew Motion |
By kind permission of the Administration Committee of the House of Commons |
| 31/10/2011 |
"Dining out" 3 Commando Brigade |
Senior officers of the Brigade. Chairman : James Gray MP |
| 11/10/2011 |
Is strategy too important to be left to Generals? |
Maj Gen Mungo Melvin CB OBE Chairman : Keith Simpson MP |
| 04/07/2011 |
Current operations |
Lt Gen Richard Barrons, DCDS (Ops). Chairman : Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP |
| 27/06/2011 |
RAF gallantry awards celebration |
Personnel who have served on operations. Chairman : Lord Hamilton of Epsom |
| 21/06/2011 |
"Dining out" 16 Air Assault Brigade |
Senior officers of the Brigade. Chairman : James Gray MP |
| 08/06/2011 |
Resilience issues |
Range of speakers. Chairman : Lord Moonie |
| 16/05/2011 |
Procurement issues |
Min DEST Chairman : Andrew Miller MP |
| 22/03/2011 |
Intelligence issues |
Chief of Defence Intelligence. Chairman : Mark Pritchard MP |
| 09/02/2011 |
The Franco-British Treaty |
Contre Admiral Edouard-Charles de Coriolis. Chairman : Lord Lee of Trafford |
| 18/01/2011 |
The Middle East - "future tense?" |
Maj General Jonathan Shaw. Sponsor - Ben Wallace MP |
| 06/12/2010 |
Strategic Defence and Security Review - an update |
Vice Admiral Paul Lambert - Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff. Chairman : Lord Clark of Windermere |
| 30/11/2010 |
Pakistan - Threat or threatened? |
Professor Anatol Lieven, King's College London. Chairman : Andrew Stephenson MP |
| 23/11/2010 |
"Dining out" 4 Mechanised Brigade |
Senior officers of the Brigade. Chairman : James Gray MP |
| 09/11/2010 |
New challenges |
Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb and Lt Col Richard Williams. Chairman : Col Bob Stewart DSO MP |
| 26/10/2010 |
RAF gallantry awards celebration |
Personnel who have served on operations. Chairman : Madeleine Moon MP |
| 20/10/2010 |
Countering terrorism inside the UK |
Assistant Commissioner John Yates QPM. Chair : Bernard Jenkin MP |
| 20/07/2010 |
Counter IEDs |
Three bomb disposal experts. Sponsor : Mark Lancaster MP |
| 06/07/2010 |
Chemical and biological weapons in terrorist hands? |
Professor Peter Blain, Medical Toxicology Department, University of Newcastle. Sponsor : Lord Moonie |
| 07/06/2010 |
"Dining out" 11 Light Brigade |
Senior officers of the Brigade. Sponsor : James Gray MP |
| 02/06/2010 |
Towards the Strategic Defence Review |
General Sir Nick Houghton, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff - sponsor Rt Hon Lord Clark of Windermere |
| 23/03/2010 |
Israel and Palestine |
(Brig) John Deverell. Sponsor : Adam Holloway MP |
| 08/03/2010 |
General Election issues |
Sir Robert Worcester - Founder of MORI - Sponsor - Madeleine Moon MP |
| 24/02/2010 |
Annual Security Dinner |
Charles Farr, Director General of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism at the Home Office. - Chairman - Lord Lee of Trafford |
| 12/01/2010 |
Role of the RAF Regiment |
Air Commodore Steven Abbott - Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment - Sponsor - Gerald Howarth MP |
| 08/12/2009 |
Afghanistan: the current situation |
H.E. Ambassador Homayoun Tandar – Afghanistan’s ambassador to Britain - Sponsor - Dr. Roberta Blackman-Woods MP |
| 30/11/2009 |
"Dining out" 19 Light Brigade |
Senior officers of the Brigade - Sponsor - James Gray MP |
| 03/11/2009 |
Defence Procurement: an Australian view |
Air Commodore Steve Martin AM - Head of the Australian Defence Staff (London) and Mr. Nigel Morris - Counsellor Defence (Materiel) - Sponsor - Rt Hon John Spellar MP |
| 19/10/2009 |
Current Defence issues |
Kevan Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Minister for Veterans) - Sponsor - Kevan Jones MP |
| 13/07/2009 |
Current security issues |
Admiral Lord West of Spithead, Minister for Security and Counter-terrorism - Sponsor - Lord Moonie |
| 02/06/2009 |
Afghanistan-Pakistan |
Professor Anatol Lieven - Sponsor - Rt Hon John McFall MP |
| 18/05/2009 |
Current issues in European Defence |
H.E. Carles Casajuana, Ambassador of Spain - Sponsor - Lord Lee of Trafford |
| 29/04/2009 |
Welcome Home for RAF medal winners |
Gerald Howarth MP and RAF Benevolent Fund - Sponsor - Gerald Howarth MP |
| 22/04/2009 |
U K defence exports |
Richard Paniguian, Head of Defence & Security Organisation - Sponsor - Lord Hamilton of Epsom |
| 09/03/2009 |
NAO and MoD : scrutinising major projects |
Tim Banfield, Director, National Audit Office - Sponsor - Rt Hon John McFall MP |
| 25/02/2009 |
Defence procurement |
Dr Andrew Tyler, COO, DE&S |
| 23/02/2009 |
"Dining out" 7 Armoured Brigade |
Senior officers of the Brigade - Sponsor - James Gray MP |
| 14/01/2009 |
Reflections on defence after the French Presidency of the EU, and potential for further co-operation with the UK (Second night) |
Admiral Tainguy, Defence Attache, French Embassy in London - Sponsor - Lord Moonie |
| 13/01/2009 |
Reflections on defence after the French Presidency of the EU, and potential for further co-operation with the UK (First night) |
Admiral Tainguy, Defence Attache, French Embassy London - Sponsor - Lord Clark of Windermere |
| 03/11/2008 |
The role of politicians in peacemaking |
Lesley Abdela - CEO of Project Parity - Sponsor - Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP |
| 22/10/2008 |
Innovation in defence |
Professor Keith O'Nions, Imperial College, former Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence - Sponsor - Rt Hon John Spellar MP |
| 07/07/2008 |
Pakistan and the War on Terrorism |
Prof Shaun Gregory, University of Bradford - Sponsor - Nick Harvey MP |
| 24/06/2008 |
Defence Equipment & Support |
Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Minister for Defence Equipment & Support |
| 21/05/2008 |
Security issues |
Sir Richard Mottram, former Security and Intelligence Adviser to the Prime Minister - Sponsor - Lord Moonie |
| 23/04/2008 |
Tour de Horizon |
Sir Bill Jeffrey, Permanent Secretary, MoD - Lord Hamilton of Epsom |
| 01/04/2008 |
The Territorial Army |
Major General Simon Lalor - Sponsor - Julian Brazier MP |
| 19/03/2008 |
Future security |
Rear Adm Chris Parry - retired Director General Development, Concepts and Doctrine - Sponsor - Lord Moonie |
| 05/03/2008 |
Veterans' Affairs |
Derek Twigg MP, Minister for Veterans - Sponsor - Lord Moonie |
| 04/12/2007 |
Life support in the British armed forces |
Commander Toby Elliott, Combat Stress; Lt Col Jerome Church, British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association - Sponsor - Lord Moonie |
| 21/11/2007 |
Update on defence review |
Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP |
| 29/10/2007 |
Reflections on an organisation undergoing change |
Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, former Director General, MI5 - Sponsor - Rt Hon Baroness Taylor of Bolton |
| 25/07/2007 |
The Royal Navy |
Admiral Burnell-Nugent - Commander in Chief Fleet - Sponsor - Rt Hon John McFall MP |
| 10/07/2007 |
Intelligence Issues |
Sir Kevin Tebbit KCB CMG, former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence - Sponsor - Rt Hon Lord King of Bridgwater |
| 15/05/2007 |
Farewell dinner |
General Sir Mike Jackson, outgoing Chief of the General Staff - Sponsor - Lord Moonie |
| 01/05/2007 |
Educating the military |
Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely KCB MC, Director Defence Academy of the United Kingdom - Lord Moonie |
| 17/04/2007 |
The future of air power |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, Chief of the Air Staff - Sponsor - Gerald Howarth MP
|
| 06/03/2007 |
Research and technology
|
Richard H Maudslay FREnd CBE, Chairman of DSTL - Sponsor - Lord Hamilton of Epsom |
| 05/02/2007 |
New challenges in defence
|
Bill Jeffrey CB, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence - Sponsor - Lord Clark of Windermere |
| 10/01/2007 |
Patrons' Dinner |
Sponsor - John Smith MP |
| 12/12/2006 |
An update on trans-atlantic relationships after the NATO summit in Riga |
David T Johnson, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in London - Sponsor - Kevan Jones MP |
| 01/12/2006 |
Breakfast meeting |
Senator Richard Luger - Sponsor - Linda Gilroy MP |
| 01/11/2006 |
Integrated military capability |
Lt Gen Sir Robert Fulton KBE |
| 19/07/2006 |
From Iran to Afghanistan: What not to do |
Dr Andrew Krepinevich, Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments - Sponsor - Tobias Ellwood MP |
| 18/07/2006 |
Future senior commanders |
Admiral the Lord Boyce - Sponsor - Rt Hon John McFall MP |
| 28/06/2006 |
The current situation in Pakistan and environs |
Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan Khan, Spokesman for President General Pervez Musharraf of Pakisstan |
| 24/05/2006 |
Iraq and after |
Lt Gen Robin Brims DSO CBE, Commander, Field Army - Sponsor - Bob Russell MP |
| 01/05/2006 |
European defence procurement |
Nick Witney, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency |
| 28/02/2006 |
Homeland security |
Bruce Mann, Head of Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office - Sponsor - Gerald Howarth MP |
| 14/02/2006 |
Update on the current situation |
Dr Salah Al Shaikhly, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iraq - Sponsor - Andrew Robathan MP |
| 30/01/2006 |
Defence and security |
Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP |
| 10/01/2006 |
Doing business across the Atlantic |
John Ririe, Office of Defence Cooperation, US Embassy - Sponsor - Michael Moore MP |
| 22/11/2005 |
Integrated military capability |
Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Fulton |
| 25/10/2005 |
Farewell dinner for Permanent Secretary |
Sir Kevin Tebbit, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence |
| 06/07/2005 |
Homeland security - an American perspective |
Governor Tom Ridge, Former US Secretary for Homeland Defence - Sponsor - Lord Moonie |
| 20/06/2005 |
European institutions and defence |
Sandy Johnson, First Secretary, UKREP, Brussels - Sponsor - Rt Hon Bruce George MP |
| 07/06/2005 |
Annual Patrons' Dinnner |
Sponsor - Lord Clark of Windermere |
| 08/03/2005 |
Current issues |
Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP - Secretary of State for Defence |
| 31/01/2005 |
Ukrainian and other elections |
Rt Hon Bruce George MP - Leader OSCE Election Monitoring Groups |
| 11/01/2005 |
Defence exports |
Alan Garwood - Head of Defence Export Services Organisation - Sponsor - Rt Hon Lord Clark of Windermere |
| 08/11/2004 |
Conservative response to defence issues |
Honourable Nicholas Soames - Shadow Secretary of Defence - Sponsor - Honourable Nicholas Soames MP |
| 18/10/2004 |
Saudi Arabia today |
Eric Morris - UK Defence Forum's Saudi Arabia watcher - Sponsor - Lawrie Quinn MP |
| 08/09/2004 |
Current issues |
Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP - Minister for the Armed Forces |
| 06/07/2004 |
Personnel issues |
Lt General Anthony Palmer - Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) MOD |
| 17/05/2004 |
Current security issues |
Eliza Manningham-Buller - Head of Security Service |
| 04/05/2004 |
PFI Policy for the Treasury |
Geoffrey Spence - Sponsor - Julian Lewis MP |
| 20/04/2004 |
PRC Perspective on Global Issues |
His Excellency Zha Peizen Embassy of the People’s Republic Of China - Sponsor - Ben Chapman MP |
| 01/03/2004 |
Battlespace Manoeuvre: capabilities and concepts |
Major General Richard Applegate Capability Manager (Manoeuvre) MOD |
| 09/02/2004 |
Missile defence |
Dr Damian Leader – First Secretary; US Embassy |
| 12/01/2004 |
Homeland Security |
Sir David Omand - Security adviser to the Prime Minister |
| 25/11/2003 |
Towards Pax Americana – The Pentagon’s new map |
Professor Thomas Barnett / Professor Bradd Hayes |
| 05/11/2003 |
Current issues |
Ivor Caplin MP - Minister for Veterans |
| 16/10/2003 |
Patrons' Dinner |
|
| 16/09/2003 |
Future capabilities and concepts |
Rear Admiral Charles Style – Capability Manager (Strategic Deployment) |
| 01/07/2003 |
Challenges to European transnational defence industries |
Dr Thomas Enders, Executive Vice President & Head of Defence and Security Systems, EADS |
| 01/06/2003 |
Battle for the airwaves: Working with the media in times of conflict |
Dr Jamie Shea, Deputy Director of Communications, NATO |
| 01/05/2003 |
Risk management of defence programmes |
Mr David Gould, Deputy Chief Executive of Defence Procurement Agency |
| 01/03/2003 |
Supporting British Defence Exports |
Mr Alan Garwood, Head of Defence Export Services Org |
| 01/03/2003 |
Is Saudi Arabia a cause for concern |
Eric Morris, geopolitical consultant |
| 01/02/2003 |
Developments in Defence Intelligence |
Air Marshall Sir Joseph French |
| 01/01/2003 |
Iraq – before, during and after any conflict |
Dr Scilla Elworthy, Oxford Research Group |
| 01/12/2002 |
Smart Acquisition – Annual Update |
Charles Draper, Director General Smart Acquisition |
| 01/11/2002 |
Export Controls |
Mike O’Shea, Director Export Control & Non-Proliferation |
| 01/10/2002 |
Patrons Dinner |
|
| 01/07/2002 |
SDR: New Chapter |
Simon Webb, MoD Policy Director |
| 01/06/2002 |
The Way The World's Changed- implications for defence equipment programmes |
Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham |
| 01/04/2002 |
Anglo-American relations: defence, industrial political |
Glyn Davies, Minister at US Embassy, London |
| 01/02/2002 |
R & D Update |
Sir John Chisholm, QinetiQ |
| 01/01/2002 |
Terrorism - lessons from Northern Ireland |
Michael Mates, MP, General Sir Roger Wheeler, Air Marshal Sir Tim Garden |
| 01/12/2001 |
Patrons Dinner |
Hosted by Lord Clark of Windermere |
| 01/11/2001 |
British hopes and fears - following the events of |
Professor Robert Worcester, MORI |
| 01/10/2001 |
Russian perspective on current events |
HE Grigory Karasin, Russian Ambassador |
| 01/10/2001 |
Retirement dinner |
General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE |
| 01/07/2001 |
A non-UK perspective on the Joint Rapid Reaction Force |
Rear Admiral Hubert Hass, the Defence Attache for the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 01/06/2001 |
The future of UK defence procurement |
Lord Bach, Minister for defence procurement |
| 01/03/2001 |
Conservative defence policy |
Iain Duncan Smith MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence |
| 01/02/2001 |
The Trans Atlantic Technology Gap and Nato Research and Technology Policy |
Ken Peebles, Director of the Research and Technology Agency - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Andrew Sleigh, Director, Defence Solutions, DERA |
| 01/02/2001 |
European defence |
Field Marshall the Lord Vincent and Richard Hatfield, policy director at the Ministry of Defence |
| 01/01/2001 |
Holding the Executive to account on defence and defence industry matters |
Rt Hon Bruce George MP and Martin O'Neill MP |
| 01/10/2000 |
Patrons' Dinner |
Hosted by Sir Archibald Hamilton MP |
| 01/05/2000 |
Uninhabited vehicles |
Rt Hon Dr The Lord Gilbert, former Minister of State for Defence Procurement |
| 01/04/2000 |
Defence logistics and related issues |
John Oughton, Deputy Chief of Defence Logistics Implementation |
| 01/03/2000 |
The new Defence Electronic Commerce Service and personnel-related issues |
John Spellar, Minister of State for the Armed Forces |
| 01/02/2000 |
Smart Procurement Update |
John Taylor, Team Leader, Smart Procurement Implementation, Ministry of Defence |
| 01/12/1999 |
Launch of Smart Procurement book "Dancing with the Dinosaur" |
Bill Kincaid |
| 01/11/1999 |
Patrons' Dinner |
Hosted by Rt Hon Dr David Clark MP and Rt Hon Sir Archibald Hamilton |
| 01/07/1999 |
Equipment acquisition - reflections |
Sir David Davies, outgoing chairman of MoD EAC |
| 01/07/1999 |
Patrons' dinner |
Hosted by Rt Hon Dr David Clark MP, Bruce George MP and Michael Colvin MP |
| 01/06/1999 |
The Public Accounts Committee - a parliamentary watchdog for defence spending |
Rt Hon David Davis MP - Chairman of Public Accounts Committee |
| 01/06/1999 |
Kosovo after the airwar - from ground campaign to reconstruction |
General Sir Robin Ross, Hugh Manning (Vice President Atlantic Council UK) |
| 01/04/1999 |
The future of intelligence and security oversight |
Rt Hon Tom King MP |
| 01/03/1999 |
The resource accounting initiative |
Colin Balmer - Deputy Under Secretary (Resources and programmes & finance) |
| 01/02/1999 |
Future land systems |
Maj. Gen. David Jenkins Director General Land Systems |
| 01/01/1999 |
Research and resource allocation |
Lt. Gen. Edmund Burton DCDS (Systems) |
| 16/11/1998 |
Smart Procurement - update |
Simon Webb, Team Leader Smart Procurement Implementation |
| 23/06/1998 |
The implication of Smart procurement |
Air Vice-Marshal P J O'Reilly, Director General Technical Services, President of the Ordnance Board, MoD
|
| 20/05/1998 |
Logistics |
Air Marshal Colin Terry, Air Member for Logistics |
| 19/05/1998 |
European defence industry rationalisation |
Roger Liddle, Special Adviser, No 10 Policy Unit
Mark Hendrick MEP
|
| 20/04/1998 |
Defence Diversification Agency |
John Chisholm, Chief Executive, DERA |
| 30/03/1998 |
Strategic Defence Review |
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis |
| 17/02/1998 |
Smart Procurement |
John Spellar MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
Professor Keith Hartley, Centre of Defence Economics, University of York
|
| 21/01/1998 |
Export Licencing |
Derek Fatchett MP, Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Dr Alan M Fox, Assistant Under Secretary (Export Policy & Finance), Ministry of Defence
|
| 28/10/1997 |
Landmines - towards 100% detection and clearance |
Harry Cohen MP
Col James Anderson, DDOR, (Engineering & NBC)
John Hambly, Technical Manager, Engineering Equipment DERA, Chertsey
Dr Duncan Tytler, Redifon MEL
Peter Newnham, Research Business Manager, Thomson Missile Electronics
Peter Renwick, Chief Designer, Pearson Engineering Phil Bean
|
| 29/09/1997 |
Strategic Defence Review |
Jon Day, Director, Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence
Derek Marshall, Director, National Defence Industry Council
Major General Alan Sharman, Director General, Defence Manufacturers Association
|
| 22/07/1997 |
European Defence Industry Consolidation |
Laurent Barthelemy, Defence Equipment Attaché, French Embassy
Norbert Pipperger, First Counsellor Defence Research & Technology, German Embassy
Dr Alan Kemp, Director of Strategy, GEC Marconi
|
| 11/06/1997 |
Oversight and Control |
Roger Jackling, Second Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence
Bruce George MP
|
| 11/03/1997 |
Defence after the General Election |
Air Marshal Sir Timothy Garden, Director, The Royal Institute of International Affairs
Dr David Clark, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Robin Ashby, Director, UK Defence Forum
|
| 11/02/1997 |
Commitments |
Tony Lloyd MP, Shadow Foreign Affairs Spokesman
General Sir Robin Ross, former Commandant General Royal Marines
Eric Morris, strategic consultant
|
| 14/01/1997 |
Exports |
Martin O'Neill MP, Chairman, Trade & Industry Select Committee
Graham Smart, Director of Strategic Developments, Pilkington Optronics
Sir Alan Thomas, former Head of DESO
|
| 26/11/1996 |
Defence procurement - procedures and prospects |
John Spellar, Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement
Brigadier Bill Kincaid (Former DOR - Land)
Keith Robinson, Managing Director, Lockheed Martin UK Government Systems
|
| 29/10/1996 |
Inter-relationship between defence spending and the long term industrial strength of the UK.
|
Paul Murphy MP, Shadow Minister for Defence |
| 29/10/1996 |
Change and managing change in the defence industry: a Trade Union perspective
|
Jack Dromey, General Secretary, TGWU |
