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.

These pages only show information for this committee from the start of 2020 onwards. Earlier information can be found on the previous version of the UK Parliament website.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fifth report: No prosperity without justice: the UK’s relationship with Iran
Inquiry The UK and Iran
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Ninth Special Report: No prosperity without justice: the UK’s relationship with Iran: Government Response to Committee’s Fifth Report Ninth
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Sixth Report: Striking the balance: Protecting national security through foreign investment legislation
Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Tenth Special Report: Striking the balance: Protecting national security through foreign investment legislation: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report
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Ninth Special Report: No prosperity without justice: the UK’s relationship with Iran: Government Response to Committee’s Fifth Report Ninth
Inquiry The UK and Iran
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Oral evidence transcripts

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23 March 2021
Inquiry The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK
Witnesses Paul Scully, Sarah Mackintosh (Deputy Director for National Security and Investment at Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), James Cleverly, Chris Rampling (Director of National Security at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), and Jacqui Ward (Director for National Security and International at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
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16 March 2021
Inquiry Environmental diplomacy
Witnesses Laurence Tubiana (Former Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for the 2015 COP21 Climate Change Conference and Chief Executive Officer at European Climate Foundation)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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16 March 2021
Inquiry Environmental diplomacy
Witnesses Dr Katharine Rietig (Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University), and Professor Robert Falkner (Associate Professor of International Relations at London School of Economics, and Research Director at Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment)
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Written evidence

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XIN0086 - Xinjiang detention camps
Witnesses Dr Radomir Tylecote
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CLI0033 - Environmental diplomacy
Witnesses International Institute for Environment and Development
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BFA0032 - The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK
Witnesses Dr Keyan Lai (Lecturer in International Human Resource Management at University of Edinburgh Business School)
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Other publications

Correspondence
Committees exchange letters with government departments and others, often to request information or follow up on recommendations.
111 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
1 published
Estimate memoranda
Explanatory memoranda that accompany Government Estimates.
5 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