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
Rory Stewart MP
(Conservative, Penrith and The Border) (Chair)
Richard Benyon MP
(Conservative, Newbury)
Rt Hon Jeffrey
M. Donaldson MP
(Democratic Unionist, Lagan Valley)
Mr James Gray
MP (Conservative,
North Wiltshire)
Mr Dai Havard
MP (Labour,
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Dr Julian Lewis MP (Conservative, New Forest East)
Mrs Madeleine
Moon MP
(Labour, Bridgend)
Sir Bob Russell
MP (Liberal
Democrat, Colchester)
Bob Stewart MP
(Conservative, Beckenham)
Ms Gisela Stuart
MP (Labour,
Birmingham, Edgbaston)
Derek Twigg MP
(Labour, Halton)
John Woodcock
MP (Labour/Co-op,
Barrow and Furness)
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/defcom
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are James Rhys
(Clerk), Leoni Kurt (Second Clerk), Karen Jackson (Audit Adviser),
Eleanor Scarnell (Committee Specialist), Ian Thomson (Committee
Specialist), Christine Randall (Senior Committee Assistant), Rowena
Macdonald and Carolyn Bowes (Committee Assistants), and Sumati
Sowamber (Committee Support Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Defence Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The
telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 5745; the Committee's
email address is defcom@parliament.uk. Media inquiries
should be addressed to Alex Paterson on 020 7219 1589
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