Committees

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 Twitter @CommonsForeign.

Find out more about this committee

Image representing the committee

The information for this committee is being moved from the previous version of the UK Parliament website. If you cannot find what you are looking for, you can view the previous version.

View previous Foreign Affairs Committee website

Reports, special reports and government responses

View all reports and responses
First Joint Report (Fourth Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee) - Developments in UK Strategic Export Controls
Open PDF
688KB
Open HTML
Opens in new window
HC 282
Report
Response to this report
Government Response to the Committee's First Joint Report - Developments in UK Strategic Export Controls
Open PDF
652KB
Government Response
Fifth Report - Refreshing our approach? Updating the Integrated Review
Inquiry Update to the UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
Open PDF
341KB
Open HTML
Opens in new window
HC 882
Report
Second report - The cost of complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine
Inquiry Responding to illicit and emerging finance
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
Open PDF
524KB
Open HTML
Opens in new window
HC 168
Report
Response to this report
Third Special Report - The cost of complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report
Open PDF
215KB
Open HTML
Opens in new window
HC 688
Special Report

Oral evidence transcripts

View all oral evidence transcripts
30 January 2023
Work Western Balkans (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Christian Schmidt (High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
Open PDF
139KB
Open HTML
150KB
Oral Evidence
31 January 2023
Work Western Balkans (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Anthony Monckton (Former British Diplomat and Founder at ViennEast), Dr Kurt Bassuener (Co-founder and Senior Associate at Democratization Policy Council), and Edward P. Joseph (Former US Deputy Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of International Studies (SAIS))
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
Open PDF
221KB
Open HTML
158KB
Oral Evidence
10 January 2023
Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific
Witnesses Walter Ladwig III (Senior Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London), Garima Mohan (Senior Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States), Aman Hingorani (Lawyer and mediator at Supreme Court of India), and Mosharraf Zaidi (Journalist and CEO at Tabadlab)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
Open PDF
210KB
Open HTML
131KB
Oral Evidence

Written evidence

View all written evidence
SLH0039 - The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations
Witnesses Written evidence on behalf of Anoosheh Ashoori and his family to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into the handling of state level hostage situations Anoosheh Ashoori
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
Open PDF
1MB
Open HTML
319KB
Written Evidence
SLH0041 - The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations
Witnesses Dr Elina Steinerte
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
Open PDF
100KB
Open HTML
41KB
Written Evidence
TIP0023 - Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific
Witnesses Dr. Aman Hingorani (Lawyer & Mediator at Supreme Court of India)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
Open PDF
55KB
Open HTML
28KB
Written Evidence

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
Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
480 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
1 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
4 published
Estimate memoranda
Explanatory memoranda that accompany Government Estimates.
37 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
16 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
6 published

Contact us

  • Email: fac@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 6106 (General Enquiries)
  • Address: Foreign Affairs Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA