Committees on Arms Export Controls

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The Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly the Quadripartite Committee) is the name for the concurrent meeting of four House of Commons select committees, comprising the International Trade Select Committee, the Defence Select Committee, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, and the International Development Select Committee.

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The remit of the committee is to examine the Government's expenditure, administration and policy on strategic exports (licensing of arms exports and other controlled goods).

In 2015 to 2016 the committee did not meet for over 9 months after the chairman Sir John Stanley retired as an MP, because of a long delay in appointing new members. Chris White was elected chair in February 2016. [1] [2] In March 2016 an inquiry into the use of UK-manufactured weapons in Yemen was launched. [3]

Membership

As of 26 March 2023, the members of the Committees are:

MemberPartyConstituency
Mark Garnier MP (Chair) Conservative Wyre Forest
Stuart Anderson MP Conservative Wolverhampton South West
Sarah Champion MP Labour Rotherham
Liam Byrne MP Labour Birmingham Hodge Hill
Neil Coyle MP Independent [lower-alpha 1] Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Dave Doogan MP SNP Angus
Tobias Ellwood MP Conservative Bournemouth East
Chris Law MP SNP Dundee West
Emma Lewell-Buck MP Labour Co-op South Shields
Mark Menzies MP Conservative Fylde
Navendu Mishra MP Labour Stockport
Kate Osamor MP Labour Edmonton
Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP Labour Brighton Kemptown
  1. Suspended from Labour Party

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References

  1. Cahal Milmo (10 March 2016). "Saudi Arabia's use of British weapons in Yemen to be investigated by Parliamentary commission". The Independent. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. "Chris White MP elected as Chair". House of Commons. UK Parliament. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. "Use of UK-manufactured arms in Yemen inquiry launched". House of Commons. UK Parliament. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.