The Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly the Quadripartite Committee) was the name for the concurrent meeting of four
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of ...
select committees, comprising the
International Trade Select Committee
The International Trade Select Committee was a Select Committee of the British House of Commons that existed from 2016 to 2023. It oversaw the operations of the now defunct Department for International Trade
The Department for Internationa ...
, 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 pu ...
, the
Foreign Affairs Select Committee
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee is one of many select committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the expenditure, administration and policy of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Foreign, Commonwea ...
, and the
International Development Select Committee
The International Development Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the international aid functions ...
.
The remit of the committee is to examine the Government's expenditure, administration and policy on strategic exports (licensing of
arms exports 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.
The committee was abolished, and its functions subsumed into the Business and Trade Committee, in January 2024.
2019-2024 Parliament
Members of the committee were drawn from 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 pu ...
,
Foreign Affairs Select Committee
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee is one of many select committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the expenditure, administration and policy of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Foreign, Commonwea ...
,
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
The Business and Trade Select Committee is a Parliamentary select committees of the United Kingdom, select committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committ ...
(later the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, then the Business and Trade Select Committee), and the
International Development Committee
The International Development Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the international aid functions ...
.
Changes 2019–2024
See also
*
List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
References
External links
Committees on Arms Export ControlsRecords for this Committee are held at the Parliamentary ArchivesCommittee
on Twitter
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, image ...
Committees of the British House of Commons
Arms control
Long stubs with short prose
{{UK-poli-stub