Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will launch an inquiry into the conduct of the war in Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Defence has been learning lessons through our operations in Afghanistan, from better detection and defusing of IEDs to the training of Afghan forces to ensure they can provide their own security. Our recent focus has been on successful drawdown from the ISAF combat mission and transition to the NATO Resolute Support Mission. The Government will want to look at broader lessons that can be learned from the campaign. The Government will consider how best to do that in a way that would enable it to implement any lessons learnt quickly and practically so they have a real impact.