Committees

Defence Committee

Commons Select 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.

The Committee has also a Sub-Committee to inquire into topics of its choosing. Currently on the Security of 5G. Find out more about the Defence Sub-Committee.

For information about the work of committees before 2020 please go to inquiries before 2020 and publications before 2020. For information on former committees before 2020, please visit former committees.

11 current committee members

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Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood MP
Conservative
Bournemouth East
Chair
Commons
Stuart Anderson MP
Conservative
Wolverhampton South West
Commons
Sarah Atherton MP
Conservative
Wrexham
Commons
Martin Docherty-Hughes MP
Scottish National Party
West Dunbartonshire
Commons
Richard Drax MP
Conservative
South Dorset
Commons
Rt Hon Mark Francois MP
Conservative
Rayleigh and Wickford
Commons
Rt Hon Kevan Jones MP
Labour
North Durham
Commons
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck MP
Labour
South Shields
Commons
Gavin Robinson MP
Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast East
Commons
Rt Hon John Spellar MP
Labour
Warley
Commons
Derek Twigg MP
Labour
Halton
Commons

Contact us

  • Email: defcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 5745 (General enquiries) / 075 4651 7626 (Joe Williams: Media enquiries)
  • Address: Defence Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA