The Defence Committee is appointed under Standing
Order No 152 to examine the expenditure, administration and policy
of the Ministry of Defence and associated public bodies.
The Committee consists of 11 Members, of whom
the quorum is three. Unless the House otherwise orders, all Members
nominated to the Committee continue to be members of it for the
remainder of the Parliament.
The Committee has power:
(a) to send for
persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment
of the House, to adjourn from place to place, and to report from
time to time;
(b) to appoint specialist advisers either
to supply information which is not readily available or to elucidate
matters of complexity within the Committee's order of reference;
(c) to communicate to any other committee
appointed under the same Standing Order (and to the Committee
of Public Accounts, to the Deregulation Committee and to the Environmental
Audit Committee) its evidence and any other documents relating
to matters of common interest;
(d) to meet concurrently with any other
such committee for the purposes of deliberating, taking evidence,
or considering draft reports.
The membership of the Committee since its nomination
on 14 July 1997 is as follows:
| Mr Bruce George | Mr Michael Colvin
|
| Mr Crispin Blunt | Mr Jimmy Hood
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| Mr Julian Brazier TD |
Mr John McWilliam |
| Mr Menzies Campbell CBE QC
| Mrs Laura Moffatt |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ms Dari Taylor
|
| Mr Harry Cohen |
|
Mr Bruce George was elected Chairman on 16
July 1997
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