Select Committee on Defence Third Report



The 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)
Mike Gapes MP (Labour, Ilford South)
Mr Mike Hancock CBE MP (Liberal Democrat, Portsmouth South)
Mr Dai Havard MP (Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Mr Kevan Jones MP (Labour, North Durham)
Richard Ottaway MP (Conservative, Croydon South)
Mr Frank Roy MP (Labour, Motherwell and Wishaw)
Rachel Squire MP (Labour, Dunfermline West)
Mr Peter Viggers MP (Conservative, Gosport)

The following Member was also a Member of the Committee during the period covered by this report.

Mr Crispin Blunt MP (Conservative, Reigate)

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.

Publication
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/parliamentary_committees/defence_committee.cfm

A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is at the back of this volume.

Committee Staff
The current staff of the Committee are Mark Hutton (Clerk), Richard Cooke (Second Clerk), Ian Rogers (Audit Adviser), Daniel Korski (Committee Specialist), Adrian Jenner (Inquiry Manager), Lis McCracken (Committee Assistant), Sheryl Dinsdale (Secretary), and James McQuade (Senior Office Clerk).

Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerks of the Defence Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general inquiries is 020 7219 5745; the Committee's e-mail address is defcom@parliament.uk. Media inquiries should be addressed to Adele Brown on 020 7219 0724.



 
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