Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committee — 15 Sep 2021 at 18:55

The majority of MPs voted not to set up a joint committee of MPs and members of the House of Lords to consider matters relating to the overthrow of the Afghan government by the Taliban in 2021.

The motion rejected by a majority of MPs in this vote began:

• (1) That it is expedient:
• (a) that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed for the remainder of the current session to consider:
• (i) Government policy on Afghanistan from the Doha Agreement in February 2020 to the conclusion of Operation Pitting on 27 August 2021;
• (ii) The intelligence assessments made of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan during this period, the extent to which those assessments were accurate, and the decisions taken by Ministers in response to that intelligence;
• (iii) The ARAP scheme, including eligibility for the scheme, and policy towards civilian resettlement;
• (iv) The planning of the Government, including any contingency planning, the crisis management process of the Government, and planning for the availability of Ministers if the situation deteriorated;
• ...

The motion continued setting out details for the establishment and operation of the committee.

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