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Committees on Arms Export Controls

The Committees on Arms Export Controls was 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 Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly the Quadripartite Committee) was 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.

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 2016.12 In March 2016 an inquiry into the use of UK-manufactured weapons in Yemen was launched.3

The committee was abolished, and its functions subsumed into the Business and Trade Committee, in January 2024.4

2019-2024 Parliament

Members of the committee were drawn from the Defence Select Committee, Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (later the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, then the Business and Trade Select Committee), and the International Development Committee.

Member Party Constituency
Mark Garnier MP (Chair)5 Conservative Wyre Forest
Neil Coyle MP6 Laboura Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Martin Docherty-Hughes MP7 SNP West Dunbartonshire
Tobias Ellwood MP8 Conservativeb Bournemouth East
Chris Law MP9 SNP Dundee West
Emma Lewell-Buck MP10 Labour Co-op South Shields
Mark Menzies MP11 Conservative Fylde
Sir Mark Hendrick MP12 Labour and Co-op Preston
Tom Tugendhat MP13 Conservative Tonbridge and Malling
Claudia Webbe MP14 Labourc Leicester East
  1. Whip suspended from 11 February 2022 to 25 May 2023.
  2. Whip suspended from 19 July 2022 to 15 October 2022.
  3. Whip suspended from 28 September 2020.

Changes 2019–2024

Date Outgoing Member
& Party 		Constituency → New Member
& Party 		Constituency Source
5 October 2020 Vacant → Sarah Champion MP (Labour) Rotherham 15
Theo Clarke MP (Conservative) Stafford 16
Navendu Mishra MP (Labour) Stockport 17
Kate Osamor MP (Labour) Edmonton 18
3 February 2021 Sir Mark Hendrick MP (Labour and Co-op) Preston → Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP (Labour) Brighton Kemptown 19
16 November 2021 Vacant → Stuart Anderson MP (Conservative) Wolverhampton South West 20
5 January 2022 Martin Docherty-Hughes MP (SNP) West Dunbartonshire → Vacant
Claudia Webbe MP (Independent) Leicester East
25 January 2022 Vacant → Liam Byrne MP (Labour) Birmingham Hodge Hill 21
26 January 2022 Vacant → Dave Doogan MP (SNP) Angus 22
7 September 2022 Tom Tugendhat MP (Conservative) Tonbridge and Malling → Vacant
27 November 2022 Liam Byrne MP (Labour) Birmingham Hodge Hill → Vacant
Theo Clarke MP (Conservative) Stafford
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References

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.
  4. Brooke-Holland, Louisa (1 September 2025). "An introduction to UK arms exports". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  5. "Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) selects Mark Garnier as chair - Committees - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  6. "Parliamentary career for Neil Coyle - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  7. "Parliamentary career for Martin Docherty-Hughes - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  8. "Parliamentary career for Tobias Ellwood - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  9. "Parliamentary career for Chris Law - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  10. "Parliamentary career for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  11. "Parliamentary career for Mark Menzies - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  12. "Parliamentary career for Sir Mark Hendrick - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  13. "Parliamentary career for Tom Tugendhat - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  14. "Parliamentary career for Claudia Webbe - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  15. "Parliamentary career for Sarah Champion - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  16. "Parliamentary career for Theo Clarke - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  17. "Parliamentary career for Navendu Mishra - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  18. "Parliamentary career for Kate Osamor - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  19. "Parliamentary career for Lloyd Russell-Moyle - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  20. "Parliamentary career for Stuart Anderson - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  21. "Parliamentary career for Liam Byrne - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  22. "Parliamentary career for Dave Doogan - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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