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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.

1 Membership
- 1.1 Changes
2 See also
3 External links

Membership

As of 24 October 2011, the members of the committee are as follows:

	Party	Constituency
Rt Hon James Arbuthnot MP (Chair)	Conservative	North East Hampshire
Julian Brazier MP	Conservative	Canterbury
Thomas Docherty MP	Labour	Dunfermline and West Fife
Rt Hon Jeffrey Donaldson MP	Democratic Unionist	Lagan Valley
John Glen MP	Conservative	Salisbury
Dai Havard MP	Labour	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Madeleine Moon MP	Labour	Bridgend
Penny Mordaunt MP	Conservative	Portsmouth North
Sandra Osborne MP	Labour	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Bob Russell MP	Liberal Democrat	Colchester
Bob Stewart MP	Conservative	Beckenham
Gisela Stuart MP	Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston

Source: Defence Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.

Date		Constituency	→		Constituency	Source
2 November 2010	Adam Holloway MP (Conservative)	Gravesham	→	Penny Mordaunt MP (Conservative)	Portsmouth North	Hansard
	David Hamilton MP (Labour)	Midlothian	→	Thomas Docherty MP (Labour)	Dunfermline and West Fife
	Alison Seabeck MP (Labour)	Plymouth Moor View		Dai Havard MP (Labour)	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	John Woodcock MP (Labour Co-op)	Barrow and Furness		Sandra Osborne MP (Labour)	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
24 October 2011	Mike Hancock MP (Liberal Democrat)	Portsmouth South	→	Bob Russell MP (Liberal Democrat)	Colchester	Hansard

External links

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