Committee

International Relations and Defence Committee

Members

• The Rt Hon. the Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT Labour Chair
• The Baroness Crawley Labour Member
• The Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie Conservative Member
• The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Conservative Member
• The Lord Alderdice Liberal Democrat Member
• The Lord Darroch of Kew KCMG Crossbench Member
• The Lord De Mauley Conservative Member
• The Lord Houghton of Richmond GCB CBE DL Crossbench Member
• The Rt Hon. the Baroness Blackstone Labour Member
• The Rt Hon. the Baroness Prashar CBE Crossbench Member
• The Rt Hon. the Lord Bruce of Bennachie Liberal Democrat Member
• The Rt Hon. the Lord Grocott Labour Member
• The Rt Hon. the Lord Lamont of Lerwick Conservative Member

Recent outputs

• Correspondence Letter from the Rt Hon Dan Jarvis MP, Secretary of State for Defence, and the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon Nick Thomas–Symonds MP, to the Chair, regarding the Ukraine Support Loan, dated 13 July 2026 17 Jul 2026
• Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, 8th Meeting, 8 July 2026 15 Jul 2026
• Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, 7th Meeting, 1 July 2026 1 Jul 2026
• Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, 6th Meeting, 24 June 2026 1 Jul 2026
• Correspondence Letter to the Chair from the Rt Hon Dan Jarvis MP, Secretary of State for Defence, and the Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, regarding a new House of Commons committee to conduct scrutiny of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise expenditure and programmes, dated 25 June 2026 25 Jun 2026
• Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, 5th Meeting, 17 June 2026 24 Jun 2026
• Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, 4th Meeting, 16 June 2026 24 Jun 2026
• Government Response Government response to the 'Adjusting to new realities: rebalancing the UK-US partnership' report 22 Jun 2026
• Correspondence Letter to the Chair from the Rt Hon John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, and the Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, regarding a new House of Commons committee to conduct scrutiny of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise expenditure and programmes, dated 6 June 2026 17 Jun 2026
• Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, 3rd Meeting, 10 June 2026 17 Jun 2026
• Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, regarding a new House of Commons committee to conduct scrutiny of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise expenditure and programmes, dated 11 June 2026 11 Jun 2026
• Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, 2nd meeting, 3 June 2026 10 Jun 2026
• Correspondence Letter from Jo Lomas, Deputy Director (Poland Treaty) and HMA Designate Tallin, to the Chair, on the UK–Poland Security and Defence Partnership Treaty, dated 28 May 4 Jun 2026
• Formal Minutes Formal Minutes, 1st meeting, 20 May 2026 20 May 2026
• Correspondence Letter to the Chair from Luke Pollard MP, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, and Lord Coaker, Minister of State in the House of Lords, regarding the Afghan resettlement programme, dated 29 April 2026 29 Apr 2026
• Report 3rd Report - Adjusting to new realities: rebalancing the UK-US partnership 22 Apr 2026
• Correspondence Letter from the Rt Hon John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, to the Chair, regarding Russian submarine deployment in the North Atlantic, dated 9 April 2026 13 Apr 2026
• Engagement document International Relations and Defence Committee US Inquiry: Visit to Washington DC (19-21 January 2026) 13 Feb 2026
• Scrutiny evidence All evidence - Chagossian views on the UK-Mauritius Chagos Agreement 17 Dec 2025
• Report 2nd Report - Chagossian views on the UK-Mauritius Chagos Agreement 17 Dec 2025
• Government Response Implications of the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago 9 Oct 2025
• Declarations of interest Members’ declarations of interests: The UK’s future relationship with the US 18 Sep 2025
• Correspondence Letter to the Chair from Luke Pollard MP, Minister for the Armed Forces, and Lord Coaker, Minister of State in the House of Lords, Ministry of Defence, regarding the Government’s response to the Afghan data incident, dated 14 August 2025 28 Aug 2025
• Correspondence Letter to the Chair from Lord Coaker, Minister of State in the House of Lords, Ministry of Defence, regarding the Afghan resettlement programme, dated 15 July 2025 16 Jul 2025
• Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Foreign Secretary, regarding the implications of the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, dated 26 June 2025 26 Jun 2025
• Correspondence Letter from Stephen Doughty MP, Minister of State, FCDO, to the Chair and the Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith KC, Chair of the International Agreements Committee, regarding questions raised during the ministerial evidence session on 17 June 2025, dated 23 June 2025 25 Jun 2025
• Correspondence Letter from Foreign Secretary to the Chair, regarding the FCDO Spending Review Settlement, dated 16 June 2025 25 Jun 2025
• Correspondence Letter from the Foreign Secretary and the Defence Secretary to the Chair, regarding the Security and Defence Partnership, dated 8 May 2025 9 May 2025
• Correspondence Letter from the Foreign Secretary to the Chair, regarding Israel and the Occupied territories, dated 29 April 2025 30 Apr 2025
• Correspondence Letter from the Chair to the Foreign Secretary, regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza and breaches in international humanitarian law, dated 2 April 2025 3 Apr 2025

Source: the official committee page.