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The Defence Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, having been established in 1979. It examines the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies,[1] including the British Armed Forces. The Committee's remit does not generally review Defence Intelligence which instead falls under the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.[2]
Membership
As of January 2024, the members of the committee are as follows:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Changes since 2019
2017–2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.[12][13]
2015–2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.[14][15]
Changes 2015–2017
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2015 | Conor McGinn MP (Labour) | St Helens North | → | Phil Wilson MP (Labour) | Sedgefield | Hansard | ||
| 31 October 2016 | Richard Benyon MP (Conservative) | Newbury | → | Jack Lopresti MP (Conservative) | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Hansard | ||
| 5 December 2016 | Jim Shannon MP (DUP) | Strangford | → | Gavin Robinson MP (DUP) | Belfast East | Hansard | ||
2010–2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[16][17]