Signatories to the Statement of Principles

Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram QC MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Devizes

Gerard Baker

Assistant Editor, The Times

Paul Beaver

Special Advisor to the Parliamentary Defence Committee

Director, Beaver Westminster Ltd.

Prof. Lord Paul Bew

Queen’s University, Belfast

Prof. Vernon Bogdanor

Brasenose College, University of Oxford

Nicholas Boles

Director, Policy Exchange

Chris Bryant MP

Labour Member of Parliament for Rhondda

Damian Collins

Parliamentary Candidate, Folkestone and Hythe

Colonel Tim Collins

Commander, First Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, Iraq 2003

Prof. Paul Cornish

Carrington Professor of International Security, Chatham House

Stephen Crabb MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Preseli Pembrokeshire

Sir Richard Dearlove OBE

Master of Pembroke College

Head of MI6, 1999-2004

Major-General John Drewienkiewicz

Military Advisor to the High Representative for Bosnia

Mark Etherington

Civil Governor, Wasit (Kut) province, Iraq, 2003-2004

The Rt. Hon. Dr. The Lord Gilbert

Labour Member of Parliament for Dudley, 1970-1974

Member of Parliament for Dudley East, 1974-1997

Minister of State for Defence, 1976–1979 and 1997–1999

Sir Philip Goodhart

Conservative Member of Parliament for Beckenham, 1957-1992

Lord Gordon of Strathblane CBE

Former Chairman, Scottish Radio Holdings

Michael Gove MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath

Shadow Minister for Housing

Jonny Gray

Director and Head of Security and Crisis Management, Control Risks

Commanding Officer, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Iraq 2003-2004

Tom Gross

Former Middle East Correspondent, The Sunday Telegraph

Writer, The Wall Street Journal

Robert Halfon

Political Director, Conservative Friends of Israel

Fabian Hamilton MP

Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds North East

Stephen Hammond MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Wimbledon

Shadow Minister for Transport

Greg Hands MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Hammersmith & Fulham

Oliver Kamm

Columnist, The Times

Jackie Lawrence

Member of Parliament for Preseli Pembrokeshire, 1997-2005

Prof. Andrew Lever

University of Cambridge

Dr. Denis MacShane MP

Labour Member of Parliament for Rotherham

Fionnuala Jay O'Boyle MBE

Director, Jay Associates

Stephen Pollard

Columnist, The Times

Greg Pope MP

Labour Member of Parliament for Hyndburn

Member of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee

Lord Powell of Bayswater

Personal Advisor to the Prime Minister for Defence and Security, 1984-1991

Andrew Roberts

Author, Journalist and Television Presenter

David Ruffley MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Bury St. Edmunds, Stowmarket and Needham Market

Dr. Jamie Shea

Director of Policy Planning, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Lord Soley of Hammersmith

Labour Member of Parliament for North Hammersmith and successor seats, 1979-2005

Campaign Director, Future Heathrow

Dr. Irwin Stelzer

Director of Economic Policy Studies, Hudson Institute

Gisela Stuart MP

Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston

Member of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee

Rt. Hon. Lord Trimble

Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Upper Bann, 1990-2005

Winner of Nobel Peace Prize, 1998

Edward Vaizey MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Wantage

David Willetts MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Havant

Shadow Education Secretary

Prof. Alan Lee Williams OBE

Director, Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom