The Committees on Arms Export Controls
The four House of
Commons Select Committees that comprise the Committees on Arms
Export Controls (CAEC) are: the Business, Innovation and Skills
Committee, the Defence Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee
and the International Development Committee. The CAEC's task is
to scrutinise the UK Government's arms export control procedures
and legislation, individual arms export licence decisions, arms
export policies, and the UK's role in international arms control
agreements.
Current membership
BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS: Mr Adrian Bailey*§,
William Bain, Mr Brian Binley, Paul Blomfield, Katy Clark*,
Mike Crockart*, Caroline Dinenage, Julie Elliott, Rebecca Harris,
Ann McKechin*, Mr Robin Walker*, Nadhim Zahawi*
DEFENCE: Rory Stewart§, Mr Julian Brazier*,
Rt Hon Jeffrey M. Donaldson, Mr James Gray*, Mr Dai
Havard, Mr Adam Holloway*, Mrs Madeleine Moon, Sir Bob Russell*,
Bob Stewart*, Ms Gisela Stuart*, Derek Twigg*, John Woodcock
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Rt Hon Sir John Stanley* (Chair
of the Committees' concurrent meetings), Rt Hon Sir Richard Ottaway§,
Mr John Baron, Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell*, Rt Hon Ann Clwyd*,
Mike Gapes*, Mark Hendrick*, Sandra Osborne, Andrew Rosindell,
Mr Frank Roy, Nadhim Zahawi*
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Bruce*§,
Hugh Bayley, Fiona Bruce, Sir Tony Cunningham, Fabian Hamilton*,
Pauline Latham, Jeremy Lefroy*, Sir Peter Luff*, Mr Michael
McCann, Fiona O'Donnell, Chris White* [Richard Burden*—left
Committee 4/11/2013]
* Member who participated in the inquiry leading
to this Report
§ Chair 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. All publications
of the Committees (including news items) are on the internet at
http://www.parliament.uk/caeccomm
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committees are Keith Neary
(Clerk), Su Panchanathan (Committee Assistant), and Alex Paterson
(Media Officer)
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Committees on Arms Export Controls, House of Commons, Committee
Office, Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone
number for general enquiries is 020 7219 2420; the Committees'
email address is caeccom@parliament.uk
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