Defence Select Committee

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

Following the 2005 general election, the members of the Committee, appointed on July 13 2005, are:

Name	Party	Constituency
James Arbuthnot (chairman)	Conservative	North East Hampshire
David S Borrow	Labour	South Ribble
David Crausby	Labour	Bolton North East
Linda Gilroy	Labour	Plymouth Sutton
David Hamilton	Labour	Midlothian
Mike Hancock	Liberal Democrat	Portsmouth South
Dai Havard	Labour	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Adam Holloway	Conservative	Gravesham
Brian Jenkins	Labour	Tamworth
Kevan Jones	Labour	Durham North
Robert Key	Conservative	Salisbury
Mark Lancaster	Conservative	North East Milton Keynes
Willie Rennie	Liberal Democrat	Dunfermline and West Fife
John Smith	Labour	Vale of Glamorgan

See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament