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 International Trade Committee is one of the Parliamentary select committees of the United Kingdom, Select Committees of the British House of Commons, having been established in 2016. It oversees the operations of the Department for Internation ...
, the
Defence Select Committee
The Defence Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, having been established in 1979. It examines the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Ministry of Defence and its associated pub ...
, 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
The arms industry, also known as the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology. It consists of a commercial industry involved in the research and development, engineering, production, and servi ...
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.
In March 2016 an inquiry into the use of UK-manufactured weapons
in Yemen was launched.
Membership
As of the 19 June 2022, the members of the Committees are:
See also
*
List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
The parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom are committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each consists of a small number of Members of Parliament from the House of Commons, or peers from the House of Lords, or a mix of both, app ...
References
External links
Committees on Arms Export ControlsRecords for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary ArchivesCommittee
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Committees of the British House of Commons
Arms control
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