Foreign Affairs Select Committee

The Foreign Affairs Select Committee is one of many select committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Inquiries

The Foreign Affairs Committee carries out many inquiries, and publishes a variety of reports, including an annual Human Rights Report. During its inquiry into the government's decision to invade Iraq, Dr. David Kelly famously gave evidence to the committee on 15 July 2003, two days before his death.

In 2015 through 2016 the committee conducted an extensive and highly critical inquiry into the British involvement in the Libyan Civil War. It concluded that the early threat to civilians had been overstated and that the significant Islamist element in the rebel forces had not been recognised, due to an intelligence failure. By summer 2011 the initial limited intervention to protect Libyan civilians had become a policy of regime change. However that new policy did not include proper support and for a new government, leading to a political and economic collapse in Libya and the growth of ISIL in North Africa. The report concluded that the former Prime Minister David Cameron was ultimately responsible for this British policy failure.[1][2][3]

Membership

As of May 2020, the Committee's current members are as follows:[4][5][6]

Member Party Constituency
Tom Tugendhat MP (Chairman) Conservative Tonbridge and Malling
Chris Bryant MP Labour Rhondda
Neil Coyle MP Labour Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Alicia Kearns MP Conservative Rutland and Melton
Stewart M. McDonald MP Scottish National Party Glasgow South
Claudia Webbe MP Labour Leicester East
Andrew Rosindell MP Conservative Romford
Bob Seely MP Conservative Isle of Wight
Henry Smith MP Conservative Crawley
Royston Smith MP Conservative Southampton Itchen
Graham Stringer MP Labour Blackley and Broughton

Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
Chair Party Constituency First elected Method
Tom Tugendhat Conservative Tonbridge and Malling 12 July 2017 Elected by the House of Commons
Crispin Blunt Conservative Reigate 18 June 2015 Elected by the House of Commons
Sir Richard Ottaway Conservative Croydon South 17 May 2010 Elected by the House of Commons
Mike Gapes Labour Ilford South 19 July 2005 Elected by the Select Committee
Donald Anderson Labour Swansea East 16 July 1997 Elected by the Select Committee
David Howell Conservative Guildford 1 January 1987 Elected by the Select Committee
Anthony Kershaw Conservative Stroud 1979 Elected by the Select Committee

See also
  • Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom

References
  1. "MPs attack Cameron over Libya 'collapse'". BBC News. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. Patrick Wintour (14 September 2016). "MPs deliver damning verdict on Cameron's Libya intervention". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. Libya: Examination of intervention and collapse and the UK's future policy options (PDF). Foreign Affairs Committee (House of Commons) (Report). UK Parliament. 6 September 2016. HC 119. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. "Tom Tugendhat MP elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee". Foreign Affairs Select Committee. London. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "Future Business as of Thursday 27 February 2020". publications.parliament.uk. UK parliament. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020. That Chris Bryant, Chris Elmore, Alicia Kearns, Stewart Malcolm McDonald, Ian Murray, Andrew Rosindell, Bob Seely, Henry Smith, Royston Smith and Graham Stringer be members of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
  6. "Votes and Proceedings Monday 11 May 2020". parliament.uk. UK House of Commons. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020. That Wayne David and Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi be discharged from the Defence Committee and Mr Kevan Jones and Derek Twigg be added
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.