The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development
and Trade and Industry Committees are appointed to examine on
behalf of the House of Commons the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Ministry of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, Department for International Development and the Department
of Trade and Industry (and any associated public bodies). Their
constitution and powers are set out in House of Commons Standing
Order No. 152.
The Defence, International Development and Trade
and Industry Committees have a maximum of eleven members, and
the Foreign Affairs Committee has a maximum of twelve Members,
of whom the quorum for any formal proceedings is three. The members
of the Committees are appointed by the House and unless discharged
remain on the Committee until the next dissolution of Parliament.
The present membership of the Committees is as follows# :
Defence Committee:
Crispin Blunt MP (Conservative,
Reigate)
Julian Brazier TD MP (Conservative, Canterbury)
Jamie Cann MP (Labour, Ipswich)
Harry Cohen MP (Labour, Leyton and Wanstead) *
Michael Colvin MP (Conservative, Romsey and Waterside)
*
Mike Gapes MP (Lab/Co-op, Ilford South)
Bruce George MP (Labour, Walsall South) *
Mike Hancock MP (Liberal Democrat, Portsmouth South)
Stephen Hepburn MP (Labour, Jarrow)
Jimmy Hood MP (Labour, Clydesdale)
Laura Moffatt MP (Labour, Crawley)
On 16 July 1997, the Committee
elected Mr Bruce George as its Chairman.
Foreign Affairs Committee:
Diane Abbott MP (Labour,
Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Donald Anderson MP (Labour, Swansea East)
David Chidgey MP (Liberal Democrat, Eastleigh) *
Rt Hon Sir Peter Emery MP (Conservative, East Devon)
Norman A Godman MP (Labour, Greenock and Inverclyde) *
Eric Illsley MP (Labour, Barnsley Central)
Andrew Mackinlay MP (Labour, Thurrock)
Sir David Madel MP (Conservative, Bedfordshire South West)
Ted Rowlands MP (Labour,Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) *
Rt Hon Sir John Stanley MP (Conservative, Tonbridge and Malling)
*
Dr Phyllis Starkey MP (Labour, Milton Keynes South West)
David Wilshire MP (Conservative, Spelthorne)
On 17 July 1997, the Committee
elected Mr Donald Anderson as its Chairman.
International Development Committee:
Ann Clwyd MP (Labour,
Cynon Valley) *
Barbara Follett MP (Labour, Stevenage)
Bernie Grant MP (Labour, Tottenham)
Nigel Jones MP (Liberal Democrat, Cheltenham) * Piara
S Khabra MP (Labour, Ealing, Southall)
Oona King MP (Labour, Bethnal Green)
Tess Kingham MP (Labour, Gloucester) *
Andrew Robathan MP (Conservative, Blaby)
Andrew Rowe MP (Conservative, Faversham and Kent Mid) *
Bowen Wells MP (Conservative, Hertford and Stortford)
Tony Worthington MP (Labour, Clydebank and Milngavie)
On 16 July 1997, the Committee
elected Mr Bowen Wells as its Chairman.
Trade and Industry Committee:
Tony Baldry MP (Conservative,
Banbury) *
Roger Berry MP (Labour, Kingswood) *
John Butterfill MP (Conservative, Bournemouth West)
Christopher Chope MP (Conservative, Christchurch)
Jim Cunningham MP (Labour, Coventry South)
Lindsay Hoyle MP (Labour, Chorley)
Bob Laxton MP (Labour, Derby North)
Alasdair Morgan MP (SNP, Galloway & Upper Nithsdale)
Martin O'Neill MP (Labour, Ochil) *
Linda Perham MP (Labour,Ilford North)
Helen Southworth MP (Labour,Warrington South)
On 16 July 1997, the Committee
elected Mr Martin O'Neill as its Chairman.
* indicates the Members nominated by the Committees
to serve on the Joint Inquiry. In addition to the above the following
nominated members were replaced :
Dr Jenny Tonge was replaced
by Mr Nigel Jones and Mr David Heath was replaced by Mr David
Chidgey on 1 November 1999.
The Committees have the power to require the submission
of written evidence and documents, to examine witnesses, and to
make Reports to the House. In the footnotes to this Report, references
to oral evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question
number, references to the written evidence are indicated by 'Ev'
followed by a page number.
The Committees may meet at any time (except when
Parliament is prorogued or dissolved) and at any place within
the United Kingdom. The Committees may meet concurrently with
other committees or sub-committees established under Standing
Order No. 152 and with the House's European Scrutiny Committee
(or any of its sub-committees) for the purpose of deliberating,
taking evidence or considering draft reports. The Committees may
exchange documents and evidence with any of these committees,
as well as with the House's Public Accounts, Deregulation and
Environmental Audit committees.
The Reports and evidence of the Committees are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committees (including press notices) are on the internet
at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom
All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk
of the Trade and Industry Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone numbers for general inquiries are:
020 7219 5779/1522 and the e-mail address is: t&icom@parliament.uk.
# Full details of the individual Committees' membership,
past and present, can be found in the relevant Committees' recent
publications.
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