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Armed Forces: Director of Service Prosecutions

Volume 701: debated on Wednesday 21 May 2008

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Lord Astor of Hever

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Who were on the panel that selected the new Director of Service Prosecutions. [HL3626]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence
(Baroness Taylor of Bolton)

The members of the panel which considered candidates for the Director of Service Prosecutions post were: Elizabeth McMeikan, Civil Service Commissioner; Sir Ian Andrews, Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence; General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff; and Sir Ken McDonald, Director of Public Prosecutions.