Lord Hutton began hearing the evidence of witnesses on the 11 August 2003. He adjourned on 4 September to consider which witnesses he wanted to recall for cross-examination, as well as any new witnesses he wanted to call.
Lord Hutton began the second phase of his Inquiry on 15 September, before adjourning on 25 September 2003 to write his Report. The evidence of one witness, Sir Kevin Tebbit, was heard on 13 October because he was unable to attend during the second phase of the Inquiry.
The table below provides a full list of the witnesses who appeared before Lord Hutton during the course of his Inquiry.
| Date |
Witness |
First phase of the Inquiry
|
| Friday, 1 August 2003 |
Lord Hutton's opening statement and application for the proceedings to be televised
|
| Monday, 11 August 2003 |
- Terence Taylor, President and Executive Director for the International Institute of Strategic Studies (US)
- Richard Hatfield, Personnel Director MoD
- Martin Howard, Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence MoD
- Patrick Lamb, Deputy Head of the Counter Proliferation Department FCO
- Julian Miller, Chief of the Assessment Staff, Cabinet Office
|
| Tuesday, 12 August 2003 |
- Andrew Gilligan, BBC Reporter
- Susan Watts, BBC Reporter
|
| Wednesday, 13 August 2003 |
- Susan Watts, BBC Reporter
- Gavin Hewitt, BBC Reporter
- Richard Sambrook, Head of News, BBC
|
| Thursday, 14 August 2003 |
- Dr Bryan Wells, Director of Counter Proliferation and Arms Control, MoD
- Patrick Lamb, Deputy Head of the Counter Proliferation Department, FCO
- Martin Howard, Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, MoD
- John Williams, Director of Communications, FCO
|
| Monday, 18 August 2003 |
- Pam Teare, Director of News, MoD
- Jonathan Powell, Prime Minister's Chief of Staff
- Sir David Manning, former foreign policy adviser to the Prime Minister, and head of the overseas and defence secretariat in the Cabinet Office
|
| Tuesday, 19 August 2003 |
- Alastair Campbell, Prime Minister's Director of Communications
|
| Wednesday, 20 August 2003 |
- Sir Kevin Tebbit, Permanent Secretary, MoD
- Godric Smith, Prime Minister's Official Spokesman
- Tom Kelly, Prime Minister's Official Spokesman
|
|
Thursday, 21 August 2003
|
- Donald Anderson MP, Foreign Affairs Select Committee
- Nick Rufford - Sunday Times, journalist
- James Blitz - Financial Times, journalist
- Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian, journalist
- Peter Beaumont, The Observer, journalist
- Tom Baldwin, The Times, journalist
- Michael Evans, The Times, journalist
- David Broucher, Diplomatic Service and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Lee Hughes, Hutton Inquiry Secretariat
|
| Tuesday, 26 August 2003 |
- Andrew MacKinlay MP, Foreign Affairs Select Committee
- John Scarlett, Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
- Sir David Omand, Cabinet Office
|
| Wednesday, 27 August 2003 |
- Geoff Hoon MP, Secretary of State for Defence
- Wing Commander John Clark, Proliferation and Arms Control Secretariat, MoD
- James Harrison, Deputy Director Counter Proliferation and Arms Control, MoD
- Ann Taylor MP, Chair of Intelligence and Security Committee
|
| Thursday, 28 August 2003 |
- Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister
- Gavyn Davies, Chairman of the Board of Governors, BBC
|
| Monday, 1 September 2003 |
- Mrs Kelly, Family
- Sarah Pape, Family
- Rachel Kelly, Family
- Professor Roger Avery, Friend
- David Wilkins, Family
|
| Tuesday, 2 September 2003 |
- Ruth Absalom, Neighbour
- Dr Malcolm Warner, GP
- Louise Holmes, Search team
- Paul Chapman, Search team
- PC Andrew Franklin, Thames Valley Police
- PC Martyn Sawyer, Thames Valley Police
- Sergeant Geoffrey Webb, Thames Valley Police
- PC Jonathan Martyn, Thames Valley Police
- Vanessa Hunt, Ambulance
- David Bartlett, Ambulance
- Barney Leith, Baha'i faith
- Professor Hawton, Psychiatrist
|
| Wednesday, 3 September 2003 |
- Richard Allan, Toxicologist
- Assistant Chief Constable Page, Thames Valley Police
- Steven Macdonald, Assistant Director on the Central Budget, Security
and Safety, MoD
- Dr Brian Jones, former branch head in the Scientific and Technical Directorate of the Defence Intelligence Analysis Staff
- Mr A, casually employed civil servant with the Counter Proliferation Arms Control Department, MoD
- Mr Green, Forensic Biologist
- Patrick Lamb, Deputy Head of the Counter Proliferation Department, FCO
|
| Thursday, 4 September 2003 |
- Olivia Bosch, Colleague
- Leigh Potter, Neighbour
- Tom Mangold, Journalist
- Richard Taylor, Special Advisor to Secretary of State for Defence
|
Second phase of the Inquiry
|
| Monday, 15 September 2003 |
- Counsel's opening statement
- Tony Cragg, Former Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence
- Air Marshal J French, Former Chief of Defence Intelligence
- Sir Richard Dearlove, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
- Dr Richard Scott, Director, Science for the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory
- Greg Dyke, Director-General of the BBC
|
| Tuesday, 16 September 2003 |
- DC Graham Coe, Police Officer, Thames Valley Police
- Dr Nicholas Hunt, Forensic Pathologist
- Martin Howard, Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence
- Dr Shuttleworth - Defence, Science & Technology Laboratory
- Kate Wilson - Chief Press Officer, MoD
|
| Wednesday, 17 September 2003 |
- Andrew Gilligan, Reporter, BBC
- Richard Sambrook, Head of News, BBC
- Richard Hatfield, Director of Personnel, MoD
|
| Thursday, 18 September 2003 |
- Richard Hatfield, Personnel Director, MoD
- Pamela Teare, Director of News, MoD
- Edward Wilding, Computer Investigator
- Professor A J Sammes, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Centre for Forensic Computing at Cranfield University
- Andrew Gilligan, Reporter, BBC
|
| Monday, 22 September 2003 |
- Geoffrey Hoon MP, Secretary of State for Defence
- Lee Hughes, Secretary to the Inquiry
- Alastair Campbell, Prime Minister's Director of Communications
|
| Tuesday, 23 September 2003 |
- Tom Kelly, Prime Minister's Official Spokesman
- Godric Smith, Prime Minister's Official Spokesman
- John Scarlett, Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
|
| Wednesday, 24 September 2003 |
- Gavyn Davies, Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors
- Patrick Lamb, Deputy Head of the Counter Proliferation Department, FCO
- Dr Bryan Wells, Director of Counter Proliferation and Arms Control, MoD
- James Harrison, Deputy Director Counter Proliferation and Arms Control, MoD
- Wing Commander John Clark, Proliferation and Arms Control Secretariat, MoD
- Nick Rufford, Sunday Times journalist
- Professor Keith Hawton, Psychiatrist
- Richard Hatfield, Personnel Director, MoD
|
| Thursday, 25 September 2003 |
Closing Statements:
- Jeremy Gompertz QC, Counsel for the Kelly family
- Jonathan Sumption QC, Counsel for the Government
- Andrew Caldecott QC, Counsel for the BBC
- Heather Rogers QC, Counsel for Andrew Gilligan
- James Dingemans QC, Counsel for the Inquiry
- Closing statement by Lord Hutton
|
| Monday, 13 October 2003 |
- Sir Kevin Tebbit, Permanent Secretary MoD
|
All hearings took place in Courtroom 73 at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. An overflow annex with video links was provided in Court 72. A media annex was also set up in the Quadrangle of the Royal Courts of Justice.
The timings below are based on a standard day on which Lord Hutton was hearing evidence from witnesses.
