Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there were independent, non-governmental members of the team that conducted his Department's review of Libyan general purpose training; whether the review team interviewed representatives of local government, local police, health services and residents who had contact with Libyan trainees and victims; and if he will make a statement.

The report into General Purpose Force training was written by two senior civil servants, one from the Ministry of Defence and one from another Government Department to provide an additional element of independence and challenge. Neither was involved in the conduct of the training. They met representatives from Cambridge City Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambridgeshire County Council and the local MP, my right hon. Friend the member for South Cambridgeshire (Andrew Lansley) as representatives of the local community, and Cambridgeshire Constabulary.