The Committees on Strategic Export Controls
(Quadripartite Committee)
The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development
and Trade and Industry Committees are appointed by the House of
Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy
of the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
the Department for International Development, the Department of
Trade and Industry, and any associated public bodies .
Current membership
DEFENCE: Mr Crispin Blunt*,
Mr James Cran, Mr David Crausby, Mike Gapes, Mr Bruce George*§,
Mr Mike Hancock, Mr Dai Havard, Mr Kevan Jones, Mr Frank Roy,
Rachel Squire*, Mr Peter Viggers*.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
Donald Anderson*§, Mr David Chidgey, Mr Fabian Hamilton*,
Mr Eric Illsley, Mr Andrew Mackay*, Andrew Mackinlay, Mr John
Maples*, Mr Bill Olner*, Mr Greg Pope, Sir John Stanley*, Ms Gisela
Stuart.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Tony Baldry*§, John Barrett*, Mr John Battle*, Hugh Bayley,
Ann Clwyd*, Mr Tony Colman*, Mr Quentin Davies*, Mr Piara S Khabra*,
Chris McCafferty, Mr Andrew Robathan, Tony Worthington*.
TRADE AND
INDUSTRY: Mr Roger Berry (Chairman
of the Committees' joint meetings)*, Richard Burden, Mr Michael
Clapham, Mr Jonathan Djanogly, Mr Nigel Evans*, Mr Lindsay Hoyle,
Mr Andrew Lansley*, Mrs Jackie Lawrence, Mr Martin O'Neill*§,
Linda Perham, Sir Robert Smith.
* Member who participated in the inquiry leading to this Report
§ Chairman of a participating Committee.
Powers
The committees are departmental select committees, the powers
of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally
in Standing Order No 152. The powers of the Committees to work
together and agree joint reports are set out in Standing Order
No. 137A. These Standing Orders are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publication
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 and can be found by going to the webpage
of any of the four participating Committees. A list of joint Reports
of the Committees in the present Parliament is at the back of
this volume.
Committee staff
The staff who currently work for the Committees on their joint
inquiries into strategic export controls are: Steven Mark (Clerk),
Christopher Dawnay (Committee Specialist) and Sheryl Dinsdale
(Committee Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the
Committees on Strategic Export Controls, House of Commons, London
SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219
5745; the Committees' email address is quadcom@parliament.uk
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