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
Committee reports are published on the Committee's
website at www.parliament.uk/defcom
and by The Stationary Office by Order of the House.
Evidence relating to this report is published on
the Committee's website on the inquiry page.
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).
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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