International Relations and Defence Committee

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 Mauley0(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

See also

• Parliamentary Committees of the United Kingdom