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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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Reports, special reports and government responses

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Eighth Report - Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific
Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific
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HC 172
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Fourth Special Report - Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific – Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2022–23
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HC 630
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Fourth Special Report - Tilting horizons: the Integrated Review and the Indo-Pacific – Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2022–23
Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific
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HC 630
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First Report - A rock and a hard place: building critical mineral resilience
Inquiry Critical minerals
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HC 371
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Third Special Report - A rock and a hard place: building critical mineral resilience: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
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Correspondence

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Correspondence with the British Council relating to funding, dated 13.05.25 and 18.03.25
Inquiry The work of the British Council
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Correspondence from the Minister for the Cabinet Office relating to the UK-EU Summit, dated 19.05.25
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Letter to the Prime Minister relating to UK-EU reset and upcoming summit, dated 13.05.25
Inquiry The UK-EU reset: rebuilding a strategic partnership in uncertain times
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Oral evidence transcripts

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20 May 2025
Work Joint meeting of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee and the Ukrainian Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation’ (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
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Oral Evidence
13 May 2025
Inquiry The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Witnesses His Excellency Mr Rami Mortada (Ambassador at Embassy of Lebanon in the United Kingdom)
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6 May 2025
Inquiry The UK-EU reset: rebuilding a strategic partnership in uncertain times
Witnesses Professor Richard Whitman (Professor of Politics and International Relations at University of Kent), Charles Grant (Director at Centre for European Reform), and Sophia Gaston (Visiting fellow at Kings College London)
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Written evidence

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Inquiry The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Mr Miller (CEO at Miller Growth Advisory) (IPC0140)
Inquiry The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis) Arabic (IPC0141)
Inquiry The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
35 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
19 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
15 published
Estimate memoranda
Explanatory memoranda that accompany Government Estimates.
42 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
19 published
Other documents
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6 published
Pre-2010 publications
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  • 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