Foreign Affairs Committee
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The Foreign Affairs Committee is one of many Select Committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The committee has 14 members, all backbench MPs, who are appointed by the House of Commons. The current membership of the Foreign Affairs Committee stands as follows:
- Mike Gapes (chairman, Labour Co-operative)
- Menzies Campbell, (Liberal Democrat)
- Fabian Hamilton, (Labour)
- David Heathcoat-Amory, (Conservative)
- John Horam, (Conservative)
- Eric Illsley, (Labour)
- Paul Keetch, (Liberal Democrat)
- Andrew Mackinlay, (Labour)
- Malcolm Moss, (Conservative)
- Sandra Osborne, (Labour)
- Greg Pope, (Labour)
- Ken Purchase, (Labour)
- Sir John Stanley, (Conservative)
- Gisela Stuart, (Labour)
[edit] Activities of the committee
The Foreign Affairs Committee carries out many inquiries, and publishes a variety of reports, including an annual Human Rights Report. During its inquiry into the government's decision to invade Iraq, Dr David Kelly famously gave evidence to the committee on July 15 2003, two days before his death.
