The Committees on Arms Export Controls
The Business and Enterprise, Defence, Foreign Affairs
and International Development Committees are appointed by the
House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and
policy of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform, the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office, the Department for International Development and any associated
public bodies.
Current membership
BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE: Roger Berry (Chairman of the Committees'
concurrent meetings)*, Peter Luff*§, Mr Adrian Bailey*, Mr
Brian Binley, Mr Michael Clapham*, Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Miss Julie
Kirkbride, Anne Moffat, Mr Mark Oaten*, Mr Mike Weir*, Mr Anthony
Wright.
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 Bernard Jenkin*, Mr Brian
Jenkins, Mr Kevan Jones, Robert Key*, John Smith, Richard Younger-Ross.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Mike Gapes*§, Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell
QC, Mr Fabian Hamilton*, Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory, Mr John
Horam, Mr Eric Illsley, Mr Paul Keetch*, Andrew Mackinlay, Mr
Malcolm Moss, Sandra Osborne, Mr Greg Pope, Mr Ken Purchase*,
Rt Hon Sir John Stanley*, Ms Gisela Stuart.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Malcolm Bruce*§, John Battle*,
Hugh Bayley, John Bercow, Richard Burden*, Mr Stephen Crabb,
Daniel Kawczynski, Ann McKechin, Jim Sheridan, Mr Marsha Singh*,
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. 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)
and James Bowman (Committee Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the
Committees on Arms Export Controls, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 8367; the Committee's e-mail address is quadcom@parliament.uk
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