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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 Twitter @CommonsForeign.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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Sixth Report - Stolen years: combatting state hostage diplomacy
Inquiry The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations
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HC 166
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First Joint Report (Fourth Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee) - Developments in UK Strategic Export Controls
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HC 282
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Response to this report
Government Response to the Committee's First Joint Report - Developments in UK Strategic Export Controls
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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
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Oral evidence transcripts

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9 May 2023
Inquiry The UK’s engagement in Central Asia
Witnesses University of Exeter, University of Ulster, and Oliver Bullough (Freelance journalist)
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Oral Evidence
9 May 2023
Inquiry The UK’s engagement in Central Asia
Witnesses Worcester College, Oxford University, and King's College, Cambridge University, Foreign Policy Centre, and OSCE Academy, and Chatham House
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Oral Evidence
25 April 2023
Work The situation in Sudan (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP (Minister of State (Development and Africa) at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
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Annette Bohr (Associate Fellow at Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House) (ECA0024)
Inquiry The UK’s engagement in Central Asia
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FCDO (ECA0023)
Inquiry The UK’s engagement in Central Asia
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Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE), Goldsmiths, University of London (ECA0001)
Inquiry The UK’s engagement in Central Asia
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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
Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
500 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
15 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
12 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
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
6 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

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