Withdrawal from Afghanistan Inquiry 2022-01-10
2022-01-10
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Questions & Answers
Q1
Partial Answer
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Context
No specific background context provided, but the question is prompted by concerns over the UK's withdrawal operations under Operation Pitting.
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning an inquiry into the UK's withdrawal of personnel from Afghanistan under Operation Pitting.
The Foreign Affairs Committee has one up and running and the Secretary of State for Defence will give evidence in two weeks' time.
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Assessment & feedback
Commissioning a new independent inquiry specifically requested by the MP was not addressed directly, instead mentioning an existing committee review.
Mentioning An Existing Committee
Response accuracy
Q2
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Context
The MP seeks to emphasize the severity and significance of evidence regarding the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan, urging for a comprehensive independent inquiry.
I have no doubt that that Committee is doing a very find job indeed, but surely the damning evidence that it has received makes a full independent inquiry all the more important, not less so. Tens of thousands dead, millions facing humanitarian disaster, democracy and human rights in tatters, and many of billions of pounds spent—if that does not merit a full, comprehensive independent inquiry, what on earth does?
I think that the whole House can agree that the service personnel involved in Operation Pitting did an amazing job. I fear that the hon. Gentleman's wider question might be better addressed to Foreign Office questions.
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Assessment & feedback
The MP's request for a full independent inquiry was not directly addressed, instead focusing on praising service personnel and suggesting another forum (Foreign Office) for addressing broader issues.
Changing The Subject
Suggesting Another Forum
Response accuracy