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Foreign Affairs Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Foreign Affairs Committee examines the expenditure, administration and policy of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other bodies associated with the Foreign Office and within the Committee's remit, including the British Council. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) using @CommonsForeign.

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10 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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The UK Government’s China Audit
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 5 May 2025
Opened 27 March 2025
The UK at the United Nations Security Council
Opened 11 March 2025
The UK-EU reset: rebuilding a strategic partnership in uncertain times
Opened 7 March 2025
The UK’s sanctions strategy
Opened 27 January 2025
Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
Opened 15 January 2025
Soft power: a strategy for UK success?
Opened 8 January 2025
The work of the British Council
Opened 20 December 2024
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Opened 25 November 2024
Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Opened 6 November 2024
The future of the BBC World Service
Opened 5 November 2024

Non-inquiry work

Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.

Latest news

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Leading Israeli politician to give evidence on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Today the Foreign Affairs Committee will hold an evidence session hearing from a leading Israeli opposition politician as part of its inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
22 April 2025
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BBC World Service journalists: death by a thousand cuts
The Foreign Affairs Committee is today publishing written evidence by a group of BBC World Service (former and current) journalists, on the impact of cuts to the World Service.
11 April 2025
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Fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, to give evidence on Russian disinformation
The Foreign Affairs Committee will hold an evidence session hearing from the Fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, for the Committee’s inquiry into disinformation, 2pm, on Tuesday 1 April.
31 March 2025

Upcoming events

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Tuesday 29 April 2025
10:00am Private
10:30am Public
The UK-EU reset: rebuilding a strategic partnership in uncertain times - Oral evidence 29 April 2025
10:30am
  • Naomi Smith (Chief Executive Officer at Best for Britain)
  • Professor Anand Menon (Director at UK in a Changing Europe)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Monday 28 April 2025
1:00pm Private
Private meeting 28 April 2025
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Latest publications

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Correspondence from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury relating to the OFSI’s Annual Review 2023-24, dated 21.03.25
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Correspondence from the Minister for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories relating to the Estimates Day Debate on the spending of the FCDO, dated 25.03.25
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Letter from the Minister for the Indo-Pacific relating to FCDO Joint Headquarters relocation, dated 06.03.25
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Correspondence

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Contact us

  • Email: fac@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 4050 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 2996 or facmedia@parliament.uk (media enquiries)
  • Address: Foreign Affairs Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA