International Relations and Defence Committee

Select committee of the UK House of Lords

The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee, previously just the International Relations Committee, is a select committee of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to "consider the United Kingdom's international relations". The committee was recommended by the House of Lords Liaison Committee in its report on 29 October 2015 and agreed by the House on 10 November 2015.^[1]

Membership

As of January 2024, the membership of the committee is as follows:^[2]

Member	Party
Lord Ashton of Hyde (Chair)		Conservative
Lord Alderdice		Liberal Democrat
Lord Bruce of Bennachie		Liberal Democrat
Baroness Coussins		Crossbench
Baroness Crawley		Labour
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie		Conservative
Lord Grocott		Labour
Lord Houghton of Richmond		Crossbench
Baroness Morris of Bolton		Conservative
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen		Labour
Lord Soames of Fletching		Conservative
Lord Wood of Anfield		Labour

References

^ "International Relations Committee - Role of the Committee". parliament.uk. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ "International Relations and Defence Committee - membership". UK Parliament.

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