Defence Committee
The Defence Committee is appointed by the House of
Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy
of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies.
Current Membership
Mr Bruce George MP (Labour, Walsall South) (Chairman)
Mr James Cran, MP (Conservative, Beverley and Holderness)
Mr David Crausby MP (Labour, Bolton North East)
Mr Mike Hancock CBE MP (Liberal Democrat, Portsmouth South)
Mr Gerald Howarth MP(Conservative, Aldershot)
Mr Kevan Jones MP (Labour, North Durham)
Jim Knight MP (Labour, South Dorset)
Patrick Mercer OBE MP (Conservative, Newark)
Syd Rapson BEM MP (Labour, Portsmouth North)
Mr Frank Roy MP (Labour, Motherwell and Wishaw)
Rachel Squire MP (Labour, Dunfermline West)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No.152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk .
Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by
The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at www.parliament.uk. A list of Reports of the Committee in the
present Parliament is at the back of this volume.
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk of the
Defence Committee, Committee Office, House of Commons, London
SW1A 0AA. The telephone numbers for general inquiries are: 020
7219 5745/6872; the Committee's e-mail address is: defcom@parliament.uk
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