Mar 07. Parliament: Budget Day. HM Treasury has announced that the Chancellor will make his Budget Statement on 21 Mar 07.
Comment: Future expenditure plans are not likely to be revealed until the Chancellor presents his next Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). The CSR is expected in July but may be delayed until October 2007. (Source: DNA DEFENCE NEWS ANALYSIS, Issue 0710, 05 Mar 07)
Mar 07. PUBLICATION OF REPORTS.
The Future of the UK’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the White Paper. The Defence Committee will be publishing its Ninth Report of Session 2006-07, The Future of the UK’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: the White Paper, HC 225-I, on Wednesday 7 March at 00.01 am, with embargoed copies available from Monday 5 March at 11.00 am. The work of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the funding of defence research.
Mar 07. The Defence Committee will be publishing its Eighth Report of Session 2006-07, The work of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the funding of defence research, HC 84, on Thursday 1 March at 00.01 am, with embargoed copies available from Tuesday 27 March at 11.00 am.
Feb 07. The Army’s requirement for armoured vehicles: the FRES programme. The Defence Committee published its Seventh Report of Session 2006-07, The Army’s requirement for armoured vehicles: the FRES programme, HC 159, on 21 February 2007.
Feb 07. The Defence Industrial Strategy: update. The Defence Committee published its Sixth Report of Session 2006-07, The Defence Industrial Strategy: update, HC 177, on 15 February 2007.