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: Rt Hon James Arbuthnot*§, Mr David
S Borrow*, Mr David Crausby*, Linda Gilroy*, Mr David Hamilton,
Mr Mike Hancock, Mr Dai Havard, Mr Adam Holloway, Mr Brian Jenkins,
Mr Kevan Jones, Robert Key*, Mr Mark Lancaster, Willie Rennie*,
John Smith.
The following Members were also Members of the Committee
during the period covered by this report: Mr Colin Breed, Derek
Conway and Mr Desmond Swayne.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Mike Gapes*§, Mr Fabian Hamilton*,
Rt Hon Mr David Heathcoat-Amory, Mr John Horam, Mr Eric Illsley,
Mr Paul Keetch*, Andrew Mackinlay, Mr John Maples, Sandra Osborne*,
Mr Greg Pope, Mr Ken Purchase*, Rt Hon Sir John Stanley*, Ms Gisela
Stuart, Richard Younger-Ross*.
The following Member was also a Member of the Committee
during the period covered by this report: Rt Hon Mr Andrew McKay.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: John Barrett*, John Battle,
Hugh Bayley, John Bercow*, Malcolm Bruce*§, Richard Burden*,
Mr Quentin Davies*, Mr Jeremy Hunt*, Ann McKechin, Joan Ruddock,
Mr Marsha Singh*.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY: Roger Berry (Chairman of the
Committees' joint meetings)*, Mr Brian Binley, Mr Peter Bone,
Mr Michael Clapham, Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas, Mr Lindsay Hoyle*,
Mark Hunter, Miss Julie Kirkbride, Peter Luff*§, Judy Mallaber*,
Rob Marris, Anne Moffat, Mr Mike Weir, Mr Anthony Wright.
The following Member was also a Member of the Committee
during the period covered by this report: Mrs Maria Miller.
* 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. Joint publications
of the Committees (including press notices) are on the Internet
at http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/quad.cfm.
All other publications of the Committees 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 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: Glenn McKee (Clerk),
Kit Dawnay (Committee
Specialist) and Anwen Rees (Committee Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Quadripartite Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 8367; the Committee's email address is quadcom@parliament.uk
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