events

Wednesday, 19th March

2008

House of Commons

Committee Room 6

18.30-20.00

(entrance by
St. Stephen's
Entrance)

"Counter-Insurgency
in Principle and Practice"

Dr. David Kilcullen,
Senior counter-terrorism advisor to the US Secretary of State

and


Dr. Julian Lewis M.P.,

Shadow Defence Minister
r

MP

 

Tuesday, 23rd October 2007

House of Commons

Committee Room 12

18.30-20.00

(entrance via St. Stephen’s Entrance)

 

TRUST OUR ARMED FORCES:
THE REALITIES OF WAR

Col. Jorge Mendonca
M.B.E., D.S.O.

Tuesday 2nd October

12.30 – 14.00

Spanish Hall of the Wintergardens

Blackpool

Party Conference
Fringe Meeting

Speakers are: Dr. Liam Fox MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Prof. Charles Garraway CBE, Chatham House, Allan Mallinson, writer, journalist and former Commander 13/18th Hussars.

This event is sponsored by EADSEADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company

Wednesday, 18th July 2007

House of Commons

Committee Room 9, 18.30 – 20.00
(entrance via St. Stephen’s Entrance)

 

Resurgent Russia –
Unwrapping the Riddle

Dr. Jack Caravelli

Former National Security Adviser, Bush White House and Visiting Professor UK Defence Academy

Monday, 23 rd

April 2007,

18.30 - 20.00

House of Commons,

Committee Room 7

More Bang for our Buck?

Lewis Page, Author of "Lions Donkeys and Dinosaurs", Defence Commentator and former Royal Naval Officer

Bill Kincaid, Editor, RUSI Defence Systems

Monday 19 th March

18.30 - 20.00

Committee Room 7, House of Commons

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They Fight for Us, Do We Fight for Them?

Mark Harper M.P., Shadow Minister for Veterans ' Affairs

Maj. Gen. Andrew Cumming C.B.E., Controller SSAFA

Mark Cann, Chief Executive, British Forces Foundation

Tuesday 3rd
October  2006,
Conservative Party Conference,
12.30-14.00
Tregonwell Hall Bournemouth International Centre
Bournemouth

Fringe Meeting with Dr. Liam Fox MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

"The future of Britain's
nuclear Deterrent"

EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space CompanySponsored
by EADS

In advance of this meeting you may care to look at the award winning essay by First Defence Chairman Dr. Julian Lewis M.P. 'NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT VERSUS PEACE IN THE 21st CENTURY'

Tuesday 3rd
October  2006,
Conservative Party Conference,
07.30-09.30
Blandford 3,
Marriott Highcliffe
(Conference Hotel)
Bournemouth

Breakfast Meeting

Thursday 22nd June 18;30-20:00
Committee Room 6, House of Commons
 

European Security and Defence Policy - a fact or a fantasy?

Geoffrey Van Orden MEP, Defence and Security Spokesman for the European Conservative Group

Graham Brady MP, Shadow Europe Minister

Tuesday 21 st
March 2006,
18.30 - 20.00
Committee Room 9,
House of Commons
 


Dr. Liam Fox MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence - "Overstretch"

Speech

Tuesday 7 th
March 2006

18.30 - 20.00
Committee Room 1 1
House of Commons

"The Drayson Review: Industry's last hope - or best chance?

Speech
Speakers: Lord Astor of Hever, Shadow Defence Spokesman, House of Lords;
Speech
Francis Tusa, journalist, Editor of Defence Analysis, Editor-in-Chief, Military Logistics International

Monday 21st
November 2005

18.30 - 20.00,
Committee Room 9, House of Commonns

Do we need a Nuclear Deterrent?

Debate between Dr. Julian Lewis M.P., Shadow Defence Team and Parliamentary Chairman of first defence vs. Dr. Kate Hudson, Chair of CND.

Wednesday 9th November 2005

18:30 -20.00,
 Commitee Room 6, House of Commons

"The Utility of Force"

General Sir Rupert Smith
Why do we use military force to solve our political problems?

Background


Wednesday 5th
October 2005

12.30 - 14.00,
with refreshments

Spanish Hall,
The Winter Gardens
Blackpool

Conservative Party Annual Conference
first defence Fringe Meeting

"What are we defending: Sovereignty , the Realm or the National Interest?"

Speech

Speakers: Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram Q.C. M.P., Col. Bob Stewart D.S.O., Bruce Anderson, Journalist and others

Monday 27th
June 2005

18.30 - 20.00,
Committee Room 15,
House of Commons

Ambassador Sir Peter Ricketts, K.C.M.G, UK Permanent Representative on the NATO Council

"The Future of NATO: New Threats and New Missions"

REPORT

 

Monday, 7th
March 2005

18.30 - 20.00, Committee Room 8, House of Commons

Admiral the Lord Boyce,
Former Chief of the Defence Staff.

"The Challenges Facing the UK Armed Forces"

Background

Monday, 17th
January 2005

18.30 - 20.00 Committee Room 5, House of Commons, entrance via St. Stephen's Entrance5

Col. Tim Collins, Former Commander 1st Batallion, Royal Irish Regiment, Iraq.

 

Wednesday 6th
October, 2004

13:00 - 14:10
Purbeck Lounge
Bournemouth International Centre

Fringe Meeting at the Annual Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth

Speaker: Hon. Nicholas Soames M.P.

"The Conservative Vision for Defence"

REPORT

Sponsored by EADS

NATO
October 1st
2004

Briefing visit for Shadow Defence Team

NATO and SHAPE
September 23rd-24th
2004


Briefing visit for Prospective Parliamentary Candidates
 

Monday 15th
March, 2004


18:30-20:00

Committee Room 10, House of Commons

 

"Intelligence as a Policy: How the process failed in Iraq"

Speaker: Scott Ritter, Former UNSCOM weapons Inspector

Background

Tuesday 27th
January, 2004

18:30-20:00

Committee Room 20, House of Commons
 

"Who needs Missile Defence?"
 -  sponsored by MBDA

Speakers include Paul Mead, Director of Business Development MBDA and Damian Leader, Political Section, United States Embassy, among others.

Tuesday 13th
January, 2004

18:30-20:00

Committee Room 17, House of Commons

Nicholas Soames MP the new Shadow Secretary of State for Defence and John Weston CBE, former CEO of BAE systems will speak on:

"The Political and Business Implications of the Defence White Paper"

REPORT

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