International Relations and Defence Committee
Select committee of the UK House of Lords
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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 2025, the membership of the committee is as follows:[2]
| Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Lord De Mauley(Chair) | Conservative | |
| Lord Alderdice | Liberal Democrat | |
| Baroness Blackstone | Labour | |
| Lord Bruce of Bennachie | Liberal Democrat | |
| Baroness Coussins | Crossbench | |
| Baroness Crawley | Labour | |
| Lord Darroch of Kew | Crossbench | |
| Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie | Conservative | |
| Lord Grocott | Labour | |
| Lord Houghton of Richmond | Crossbench | |
| Baroness Morris of Bolton | Conservative | |
| Lord Soames of Fletching | Conservative | |