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Defence Select Committee
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<p> The Defence Select Committee is one of the <a href="/facts/Parliamentary_select_committees_of_the_United_Kingdom/dkk5CT2Q">Select Committees</a> of the <a href="/facts/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom/IyyztqLo">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a>, having been established in 1979. It examines the expenditure, administration, and policy of the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)/9TG9a0ss">Ministry of Defence</a> and its associated public bodies, including the <a href="/facts/British_Armed_Forces/9XVvWRfp">British Armed Forces</a>. The Committee's remit does not generally review <a href="/facts/Defence_Intelligence/G23ulj2y">Defence Intelligence</a> which instead falls under the <a href="/facts/Intelligence_and_Security_Committee_of_Parliament/pok0SuT2">Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament</a>. </p>