Defence Select Committee

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The Defence Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the British House of Commons, having been established in 1979. It oversees the operations of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies, including the armed forces.

Membership

As of July 2015, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Julian Lewis MP (Chair)	Conservative	New Forest East
	Richard Benyon MP	Conservative	Newbury
	Douglas Chapman MP	Scottish National Party	Dunfermline & West Fife
	James Gray MP	Conservative	North Wiltshire
	Conor McGinn MP	Labour	St Helens North
	Johnny Mercer MP	Conservative	Plymouth Moor View
	Madeleine Moon MP	Labour	Bridgend
	Jim Shannon MP	Democratic Unionist Party	Strangford
	Ruth Smeeth MP	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent North
	John Spellar MP	Labour	Warley
	Bob Stewart MP	Conservative	Beckenham

See also

Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

External links

Official website

Current Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

Commons

Departmental	Business, Innovation and Skills Communities and Local Government Culture, Media and Sport Defence Education Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs International Development Justice Northern Ireland Affairs Political and Constitutional Reform Science and Technology Scottish Affairs Transport Treasury Welsh Affairs Work and Pensions
Topical	Arms Export Controls Environmental Audit European Scrutiny Public Accounts Public Administration Regulatory Reform Statutory Instruments Women and Equalities
General	Panel of Chairs Public bill committee Delegated Legislation Committee European Committees Northern Ireland Grand Committee Regional Affairs Committee Scottish Grand Committee Welsh Grand Committee English Grand Committee
Internal	Administration Finance and Services Backbench Business Liaison Members' Expenses Procedure Selection Standards and Privileges Works of Art

Lords

Topical	Communications Constitution Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Economic Affairs European Union Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Science and Technology
Private business	Hybrid Instruments Standing Orders Internal: House Liaison Committee Privileges and Conduct Procedure Selection
Domestic	Administration and Works Information Refreshment Works of Art

Joint

Select	Consolidation, &c., Bills Joint Committee on Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee on Draft Protection of Charities Bill Human Rights National Security Strategy Joint Committee on Palace of Westminster Statutory Instruments

Statutory

Commons	House of Commons Commission Administration Estimate Audit Members Estimate Members Estimate Audit Public Accounts Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Joint	Ecclesiastical Committee Intelligence and Security

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