The chairman of the Afghanistan Inquiry, Sir Charles Haddon-Cave, has given the Plymouth MP until April 5th to provide a witness statement with the identities of the individuals in concern.
Mr. Mercer has said he was unwilling to jeopardize his “integrity” and has repeatedly declined to provide the names of “multiple officers” who have informed him of accusations of murder and a cover-up in Afghanistan.
The Afghanistan investigation was started in 2022 to look into claims that the British Armed Forces committed misconduct during their planned detention operations in the nation from 2010 to 2013.
During his tenure as a backbench MP, Mr. Mercer provided testimony to the committee last month, revealing that “multiple officers” had informed him about claims of murder and the ensuing cover-up.
Last month, the minister stated before the inquiry Oliver Glasgow KC’s counsel, “The one thing you can hold on to is your integrity, and I will be doing that with these individuals.”
