Select committee: House of Commons

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Scrutinises Ministry of Defence 216 reports 669 conclusions & recs 67 reports with response document linked 149 without response document linked

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2026-27 · 1

Inquiry	Type	Status	Opened	Reports	Items	Response
Defence in the High North Inquiry	Report findings	Open	28 Jan 2026	1	23	No response document linked

Reports without a committee inquiry 63

Parliament published these reports with no official committee inquiry attached, so they do not appear in the inquiry list. Showing the 50 most recent.

3rd Special Report – Government response to Developing AI capacity and expertise in UK Defence 4 April 2025
2nd Report - Developing AI capacity and expertise in UK defence 10 January 2025 · HC 590
Eighth Special Report - It is broke — and it’s time to fix it: The UK’s defence procurement system: Government response to the Committee’s Ninth report 20 September 2023
Seventh Special Report - Defence Diplomacy: A softer side of UK Defence: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report 7 September 2023
Ninth Report - It is broke — and it’s time to fix it: The UK’s defence procurement system 16 July 2023 · HC 1099
Seventh Report - Defence Diplomacy: A softer side of UK Defence 23 May 2023 · HC 792
Government Response to the Committee's First Joint Report - Developments in UK Strategic Export Controls 9 January 2023
First Joint Report (Fourth Report of the Defence Committee) - Developments in UK Strategic Export Controls 28 October 2022 · HC 282
Second Special Report - The Treatment of Contracted Staff for the MOD’s Ancillary Services: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report 22 September 2022
First Report - The Treatment of Contracted Staff for The MoD’s Ancillary Services 26 May 2022 · HC 187
Fourth Special Report - Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report 2 December 2021
Second Report - Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life 25 July 2021 · HC 154
12th Report - On Thin Ice: UK Defence in the Arctic 15 August 2018 · HC 388
10th Report - UK arms exports during 2016 18 July 2018 · HC 666
Written evidence from the National Audit Office for the inquiry into Work of the Department 2017 16 November 2017
6th Report - Who guards the guardians? MoD support for former and serving personnel 10 February 2017 · HC 109
3rd Report - Beyond endurance? Military exercises and the duty of care 24 April 2016 · HC 598
2nd Joint Report; 10th Report of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee; 9th Report of the Defence Committee; 11th Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee; 11th Report of the International Development Committee - Session 2014-15 (Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Controls (2015): Scrutiny of the Government's Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2013, the Government's Quarterly Reports from October 2013 to June 2014, and the Government's policies on arms exports and international arms control issues) 20 March 2015 · HC 608
2nd Report - Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls - Volume III (Volume III: Oral and written evidence) 23 July 2014
2nd Report - Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls - Volume II (Volume II: Memorandum from the Chair of the Committee) 23 July 2014
2nd Report - Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Controls (2014): Scrutiny of the Government's UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2012, the Government's Quarterly Reports from October 2012 to September 2013, and the Government's policies on arms exports and international arms control issues) 23 July 2014 · HC 186
3rd Special Report - UK Armed Forces Personnel and the Legal Framework for Future Operations: Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2013-14 11 July 2014
14th Report - Intervention: Why, When and How? - Volume II (Volume II: written evidence) 28 April 2014
14th Report - Intervention: Why, When and How? 28 April 2014 · HC 952
12th Report - UK Armed Forces Personnel and the Legal Framework for Future Operations 2 April 2014 · HC 931
11th Report - Deterrence in the twenty-first century - Volume II (Additional written evidence) 27 March 2014
11th Report - Deterrence in the twenty-first century - Volume I (Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes) 27 March 2014 · HC 1066
10th Report - Remote Control: Remotely Piloted Air Systems - current and future UK use (Volume ll - Additional Written Evidence) 25 March 2014
10th Report - Remote Control: Remotely Piloted Air Systems - current and future UK use - Volume l (Volume l: Report, together with formal minutes) 25 March 2014 · HC 772
First Joint Report of the Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees of Session 2013–14 - Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Control (2013) (Volume III Oral and additional written evidence) 17 July 2013
First Joint Report of the Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees of Session 2013–14 - Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Control (2013) (Volume II: Memorandum from the Chair of the Committees) 17 July 2013
First Joint Report of the Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees of Session 2013–14 - Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Control (2013) (Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Control (2013): Scrutiny of the Government’s UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2011 published in July 2012, the Government’s Quarterly Reports from October 2011 to September 2012, and the Government’s policies on arms exports and international arms control issues) 17 July 2013 · HC 205
3rd Special Report - Securing the Future of Afghanistan: Government Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report of Session 2012–13 21 June 2013
1st Report - MoD Supplementary Estimates 2012–13 (Report, together with formal minutes and written evidence) 13 June 2013 · HC 291
10th Report - Securing the Future of Afghanistan - Volume I (Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence) 10 April 2013 · HC 413
9th Report - Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 7 March 2013 · HC 828
8th Report - The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces - Volume I (Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence) 26 February 2013 · HC 720
8th Report - The work of the Service Complaints Commissioner for the Armed Forces - Volume II (Volume II: Additional written evidence) 26 February 2013
7th Report - Defence Acquisition 5 February 2013 · HC 9
6th report - Volume I - Defence and Cyber-Security 9 January 2013 · HC 106
6th report - Volume II - Defence and Cyber-Security 9 January 2013 · HC 106
4th Report - Scrutiny of Arms Exports - Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees (Scrutiny of Arms Exports (2012): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010, Quarterly Reports for July to December 2010 and January to September 2011, the Government's Review of arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa, and wider arms control issues Volume II: Oral and written evidence and the Committee's correspondence with Ministers) 13 July 2012 · HC 419-II
4th Report - Scrutiny of Arms Exports - Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees (Scrutiny of Arms Exports (2012): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010, Quarterly Reports for July to December 2010 and January to September 2011, the Government's Review of arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa, and wider arms control issues Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes) 13 July 2012 · HC 419-I
3rd Report - MoD Main Estimate 2012-13 2 July 2012 · HC 133
2nd Report - The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 2: Accommodation 26 June 2012 · HC 331
1st Report - Ministry of Defence Supplementary Estimate 2011-12 21 May 2012 · HC 99
1st Special Report - Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2010-12 15 May 2012 · HC 85
12th Special Report - Developing Threats: Electro-Magnetic Pulses (EMP): (Government Response to the Committee's Tenth report of Session 2010-12) 30 April 2012 · HC 1925
11th Special Report - Operations in Libya: (Government Response to the Committee's Ninth report of Session 2010-12) 30 April 2012 · HC 1925
8th Report - Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 (Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence) 25 January 2012 · HC 1635