Defence Select Committee

Leo served on the Defence Select Committee between September 2017 and July 2019. The 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.

He stepped down from the Committee in July 2019 upon his appointment as Assistant Government Whip.

Here you'll find all the most recent work of the Committee:

Government's integrated review of UK's security, defence, development and foreign policy examined.

Defence Committee hears from former senior defence personnel

Defence Committee launches Military Exercises and Duty of Care Inquiry: Further Follow Up

Defence Committee launch follow up inquiry to predecessor Committee's 2016 report

Defence Committee revives Procurement and Prosperity inquiry

Committee announces the relaunch of its Procurement and Prosperity inquiry from the previous Parliament

Committee welcome the Government’s commitment to further incorporate the Armed Forces Covenant into law

Chair Comments on Government's response

Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report 2018: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighteenth Report of Session 2017–19

Defence Committee launches Sub-Committee on the security of 5G

Defence Sub-Committee to inquire into the security of the UK’s 5G network

Defence Committee launches Sub-Committee on the security of 5G

Defence Sub-Committee to inquire into the security of the UK’s 5G network

Defence Committee membership agreed

See the committee membership for Parliament 2019

Tobias Ellwood is the new Chair of the Defence Committee

The MP for Bournemouth East beat 4 other candidates to the Chair of the Defence Committee

General Election 2019

Following the Dissolution of Parliament on 6 November 2019, all select committees have ceased to exist