Committees

Foreign Affairs Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Foreign Affairs Committee examines the expenditure, administration and policy of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and other bodies associated with the Foreign Office and within the Committee's remit, including the British Council.

For information about the work of committees before 2020 please go to inquiries before 2020 and publications before 2020. For information on former committees before 2020, please visit former committees.

Reports and government responses

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First Report: Viral Immunity—The FCO’s role in building a coalition against COVID-19
Inquiry Coronavirus: FCO response
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Third Special Report: Viral Immunity—The FCO’s role in building a coalition against COVID-19:Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
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Oral evidence transcripts

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7 July 2020
Inquiry The UK and Iran
Witnesses Kasra Aarabi (Analyst at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change), Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi (Senior Research Fellow at Royal United Services Institute), Behnam Ben Taleblu (Senior Fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies), Ellie Geranmayeh (Deputy Director at Middle East and North Africa programme, European Council on Foreign Relations), Charlie Loudon (International Legal Adviser at Redress), Dr Sanam Vakil (Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow at Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House), and Dr Anicée Van Engeland (Senior Lecturer in International Security at Cranfield University)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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7 July 2020
Inquiry FCO-DFID merger
Witnesses Tim Durrant (Associate Director at Institute for Government), and Lord Macpherson of Earl’s Court (former Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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30 June 2020
Inquiry Coronavirus: FCO response
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Written evidence

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FCO-DFID merger
Witnesses Foreign and Commonwealth Office & Department for International Development
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations
Witnesses Foreign and commonwealth office
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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The UK and Iran
Witnesses Tulip Siddiq (MP at House of Commons)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Other publications

Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
36 published
Estimate memoranda
Explanatory memoranda that accompany Government Estimates.
2 published
Special Report
Special Reports are agreed formally by a committee and published by order of the House. They often include a Government Response to an earlier Report by the Committee.
3 published

Contact us

  • Email: fac@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 6106 (General Enquiries) | 020 7219 8878 (Media Enquiries)
  • Address: Foreign Affairs Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA