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 and government responses

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Fifth report: No prosperity without justice: the UK’s relationship with Iran
Inquiry The UK and Iran
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Fourth Report: A brave new Britain? The future of the UK’s international policy
Inquiry The FCDO and the Integrated Review
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Eighth Special Report: A brave new Britain? The future of the UK’s international policy: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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HC 380
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Third Report: Flying Home: The FCO’s consular response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Inquiry Coronavirus: FCDO response
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Seventh Special Report: Flying Home: The FCO’s consular response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report
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Oral evidence transcripts

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12 January 2021
Inquiry Xinjiang detention camps
Witnesses Dr Gregory Stanton (Founding President and Chairman at Genocide Watch), Ambassador Stephen Rapp (Former United States Ambassador-at-Large at Office of Global Criminal Justice), and Dr Simon Adams (Executive Director at Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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12 January 2021
Inquiry Xinjiang detention camps
Witnesses Dr Kate Ferguson (Chair of Policy at European Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Co-Executive Director at Protection Approaches), and Nicola Reindorp (Deputy Executive Director at Crisis Action)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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15 December 2020
Inquiry Xinjiang detention camps
Witnesses Dolkun Isa (President at World Uyghur Congress), and Schona Jolly QC (Chair at Bar Human Rights Committee)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Written evidence

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The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations
Witnesses Hilary Wild
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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The FCDO’s role in blocking foreign asset stripping in the UK
Witnesses Martin Thorley (Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Exeter)
Committees Foreign Affairs Committee
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Global health security
Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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.
76 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.
8 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