The Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP

Labour MP for Coventry North East

Minister of State for the Armed Forces 2007-2009;

Secretary of State for Defence 2009-2010;

Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 2010

The Rt Hon Michael Ancram, QC DL

Former Conservative MP for Devizes

Member Shadow Cabinet 1997-2005:

Deputy Leader of the Opposition 2001-2005;

Shadow Secretary of State for:  Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2001-2005, International Affairs 2003-2005, Defence 2005

Conservative MP for North East Hampshire

Minister of State for Procurement, Ministry of Defence 1995-1997;

Opposition Chief Whip, 1997-2001;

Present Chair of the Defence Select Committee in Parliament

The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

Labour MP for Derby South
The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP

Shadow: Minister, Social Security 1984-1989;

Deputy Leader, Labour Party and Opposition 1992-1994;

Leader of Opposition May-July 1994;

Secretary of State for: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Foreign Secretary) 2006-2007;

Department for Communities and Local Government 2008-2009

Admiral the Lord Boyce GCB OBE DL

Crossbench Peer

Chief of the Defence Staff 2001-2003;

European Union Sub-committee (Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy): Member 2005-2006, Co-opted member 2006-2008

Field Marshal The Lord Bramall KG GCB OBE MC DL JP

Crossbench Peer

Former Chief of the General Staff 1979-1982;

Chief of the Defence Staff 1982-1985

Rt Hon the Lord Browne of Ladyton (Convener of group)

Labour Peer

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 2001-2003;

Secretary of State for: Defence 2006-2008, Scotland 2007-2008

Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Sri Lanka 2009

Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell, CBE QC MP

Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife

SLD Spokesperson for Defence, Sport 1988-1989;

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for: Defence and Disarmament, Sport 1989-1994, Foreign Affairs and Defence, Sport 1994-1997, Foreign Affairs (Defence) 1997-99;

Principal Spokesperson for Defence and Foreign Affairs 1999-2001;

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 2001-2006

The Rt Hon the Lord Carrington KG GCMG CH MC PC DL

Conservative Peer

First Lord of the Admiralty 1959-1963;

Secretary of State for Defence 1970-1974;

Foreign Secretary 1979-1982;

NATO Secretary-General 1984-1988

General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE

Crossbench Peer

Major General 2 Infantry Division 1986-1987;

Lieutenant General 1 (BR) Corps 1987-1991;

Commander-in-chief British Army of the Rhine 1992-1994;

Ministry of Defence: Chief of the Defence Staff 1997-2001;

Non-executive director: NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd, Cult Defense (US)

Lord Howe of Aberavon

Conservative Peer

Chancellor of the Exchequer 1979-1983;

Foreign Secretary 1983-1989;

Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister 1989-1990

The Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guilford

Conservative Peer

Opposition Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the Lords 2000-2010;

Minister for Commonwealth Affairs 2010-

Rt Hon the Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE

Conservative Peer

Minister of State: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1979-1983, Home Office 1983-1984;

Home Secretary 1985-1989;

Foreign Secretary 1989-95;

Co-President, Royal Institute of International Affairs 2002-2009

Rt Hon the Lord King of Bridgwater CH

Conservative Peer

Secretary of State for: Environment January-June 1983, Employment 1983-85, Northern Ireland 1985-1989, Defence 1989-1992;

Chairman Intelligence and Security Committee 1994-2001;

Member: Review of the BBC Charter 2005-2006, Communications 2007-2010

Baron Hannay of Chiswick

Cross Bench Peer

David Hannay served as Chair of the Board of UNA-UK from January 2006 to January 2011.

Under-Secretary (European Communities) at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office;

Minister at the British Embassy in Washington DC, ambassador and permanent representative to the European Communities and to the United Nations.

British Special Representative for Cyprus (1996- 2003) and a member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.

The Rt Hon the Lord Owen CH PC FKC

Crossbench Peer

Former Foreign Secretary 1977-1979;

Leader of the SDP, 1988-1990

General the Lord Ramsbotham GCB CBE

Crossbench Peer

Former Commander UK Field Army and Inspector General Territorial Army 1987-1990;

Adjutant-General to the Forces 1990-1993

The Rt Hon the Lord Reid

Former Labour MP for Airdrie and Shotts

Defence, Disarmament and Arms Control 1990-1997;

Shadow Deputy Secretary of State for Defence 1995-1997;

Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Minister for the Armed Forces) 1997-1998;

Secretary of State for: Health 2003-2005, Defence 2005-2006, the Home Department (Home Secretary) 2006-2007

The Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP

Conservative MP for Kensington and Chelsea

Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment, Scottish Office 1979-1982;

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 1982-1983, Minister of State 1983-1986;

Secretary of State for: Defence 1992-1995, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1995-1997