Possibly picked up earlier but I couldn't find anything.
The following links take you to written submissions put before the Defence Select Committee regarding the Tornado versus Harrier decision. Although they were submitted in January, they have only just been released in the last batch of publications put on line on Monday 14th March.
You'll see that the first one contains a request '...that the Select Committee examine the rationale and decision-making that resulted in the removal of the Harrier from RAF and RN service. While the initial recommendation by MoD to Ministers, that the Harrier should retained and the Tornado force be cut, was based upon the effectiveness, efficiency, and service record of the Harrier, the subsequent recommendation by the Chief of the Defence Staff, in person to the Prime Minister, was counter to the overall aim of economy. It was not a recommendation that sprang from experience of the operational versatility of the Harrier, it ignored the facts about the economic performance of the aircraft, and that CDS' advice sought to overturn the considered views given earlier to Ministers.'
The strategic defence and security review and the national security strategy
The strategic defence and security review and the national security strategy
Open press. Their comments, not personal opinions of the thread-posting masses. Make your own mind up.