He has done so on the grounds the tribunal would finish hearing from witnesses in the third week of November and that a number of new and intervening developments had emerged that requiredfurtherinvestigation.
Bernard Jenkin, the Conservative MP who chairs the committee, said: "The cabinet secretary attempted to investigate this matter but failed to resolve or even to investigate the questions arising from the discrepancies in the accounts of the events, or to advise the prime minister that they requiredfurtherinvestigation, " he said.
Ms Fletcher said the charity would like to see furtherinvestigation into how many people in support roles in the armed forces were in reality ever required to perform in combat.