Defence Committee

Commons select committee, since 3 May 1979. Its page on the Parliament website.

The Defence Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies.

Inquiries

• One-off Session on Defence Medical Services (14 October 2026 to 10 November 2026)
• One-off session on implications of the Defence Investment Plan for UK industry (13 October 2026 to 3 November 2026)
• UK Defence in the Gulf (9 September 2026)
• The UK's Article 3 obligations and the Defence Readiness Bill (16 July 2026)
• One-off session on the Defence Investment Plan (2 July 2026 to 24 July 2026)
• One-off Session on The Home Defence Programme and National Resilience (16 June 2026 to 7 July 2026)
• One-off Session on Ukraine (3 June 2026 to 30 June 2026)
• Pre-appointment hearing for the Armed Forces Commissioner (18 March 2026 to 15 April 2026)
• One-off session on the impact of the delay to the Defence Investment Plan on industry (18 March 2026 to 31 March 2026)
• MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 (10 March 2026 to 1 April 2026)
• One-off Session on Undersea Activity (2 February 2026 to 23 February 2026)
• Defence in the High North (28 January 2026)
• One-off Session on the Future of Warfare (28 January 2026 to 20 February 2026)
• Introductory session with the National Armaments Director (27 November 2025 to 8 May 2026)
• Defence Reform (7 November 2025 to 8 May 2026)
• Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes (2 September 2025)
• The work of the Chief of Defence Staff (4 June 2025)
• The work of the Secretary of State for Defence (4 June 2025)
• One-off Session with the reviewers who led the Strategic Defence Review (4 June 2025 to 20 June 2025)
• One-off session on Defence in the High North (21 May 2025 to 19 June 2025)
• One-off Session on Defence Space (29 April 2025 to 12 May 2025)
• AUKUS (2 April 2025)
• The Armed Forces Covenant (13 December 2024 to 3 September 2025)
• MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 (9 December 2024 to 31 December 2024)
• The UK contribution to European Security (3 December 2024 to 8 May 2026)
• One-off session on Ukraine: 1000 days on (3 December 2024 to 27 December 2024)
• One-off Session on the Strategic Defence Review (26 November 2024 to 3 September 2025)
• Introductory Session with the Secretary of State for Defence (30 October 2024 to 28 November 2024)
• One-off session on Defence Spending (29 October 2024 to 12 November 2024)
• Readiness: Follow-up (24 April 2024 to 24 May 2024)
• One-off session with the Secretary of State for Defence (12 March 2024 to 1 April 2024)
• UK amphibious capabilities and the Royal Marines (23 January 2024 to 26 April 2024)
• Army Recruiting Contract (10 January 2024 to 26 April 2024)
• Developing AI capacity and expertise in UK Defence (14 December 2023 to 3 September 2025)
• MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (6 November 2023 to 13 December 2023)
• The Work of the Service Complaints Ombudsman (23 October 2023 to 21 January 2025)
• Introductory Session with the Defence Secretary (27 September 2023 to 26 April 2024)
• Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up (21 September 2023 to 5 May 2026)
• Defence in the Grey Zone (18 September 2023 to 14 November 2025)
• Future Aviation Capabilities (10 September 2023 to 3 September 2025)
• Defence Command Paper Refresh (31 August 2023 to 26 April 2024)
• Service Accommodation (13 July 2023 to 3 September 2025)
• Work of the Chief of Defence Staff (30 June 2023 to 26 April 2024)
• Armed Forces Covenant and Veterans Report 2022 (9 May 2023 to 9 May 2023)
• Armed Forces Readiness (24 April 2023 to 24 May 2024)
• The Integrated Review Refresh (3 April 2023 to 26 April 2024)
• Ukraine: one year on (28 February 2023 to 8 March 2023)
• MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 (31 January 2023 to 26 April 2024)
• Annual update on major shipbuilding programmes (25 January 2023 to 26 April 2024)
• Work of the Chief of the Air Staff (25 January 2023 to 26 April 2024)
• Land Acquisition (19 December 2022 to 26 April 2024)
• Women in the Armed Forces: follow-up (2022) (22 September 2022 to 25 October 2023)
• Work of the Minister for the Armed Forces (21 September 2022 to 26 April 2024)
• Work of the Office for Veterans Affairs (23 May 2022 to 26 April 2024)
• Defence and Climate Change (12 May 2022 to 11 December 2023)
• National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh (10 May 2022 to 26 April 2024)
• Aviation Procurement (21 March 2022 to 11 December 2023)
• MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 (17 March 2022 to 26 April 2024)
• UK Defence and the Indo-Pacific (31 January 2022 to 24 January 2024)
• Armed Forces Covenant Report 2021 (27 January 2022 to 28 January 2022)

Organisations it has heard from most

• Ministry of Defence (61)
• Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (17)
• International Institute for Strategic Studies (9)
• Chatham House (6)
• Kings College London (6)
• ADS (5)
• Cabinet Office (4)
• Naval Families Federation (4)
• RAF Families Federation (4)
• Royal British Legion (4)
• Army Families Federation (3)
• BAE Systems (3)
• Cobseo (3)
• Lockheed Martin UK (3)
• Policy Exchange (3)