Select Committee · Foreign Affairs Committee

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Status: Closed Opened: 16 Mar 2020 Closed: 29 May 2024

The Committee periodically questions the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and the Permanent Under-Secretary, alongside other relevant officials on the overall management of the FCDO, topical or urgent matters and the Committee’s inquiry work.

Oral evidence sessions

12 sessions
Date Witnesses
9 Jan 2024 Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, The Rt Hon. the Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office View ↗
28 Mar 2023 Juliet Chua CB · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
14 Nov 2022 Rt Hon James Cleverly MP · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
28 Jun 2022 Kumar Iyer · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
7 Mar 2022 Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Thomas Drew CMG · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office View ↗
2 Mar 2022 Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
3 Feb 2022 Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
6 Jul 2021 Rt Hon Dominic Raab · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office View ↗
26 Jan 2021 Colin Bell · HSBC, Noel Quinn · HSBC View ↗
10 Nov 2020 Juliet Chua · Department for Education, Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE, Permanent Under Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service View ↗
6 Oct 2020 Rt Hon Dominic Raab View ↗
19 Mar 2020 Rt Hon Dominic Raab, Sir Simon McDonald · Foreign and Commonwealth Office View ↗

Correspondence

15 letters
DateDirectionTitle
22 Nov 2023 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Quarterly Corporate Update: August -…
6 Sep 2023 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Quarterly Corporate Update: May - Ju…
28 Jun 2023 From cttee Letter to the Foreign Secretary following up on the FAC oral evidence session o…
24 May 2023 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Quarterly Corporate Update, February…
10 May 2023 Correspondence from the Minister for Europe following up on the FAC oral eviden…
26 Apr 2023 Correspondence from the Permanent Under-Secretary following up on the FAC oral …
7 Dec 2022 Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to HMG’s Preventing Sexual V…
23 Nov 2022 Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary following his appearance before the C…
8 Sep 2022 Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary following the FAC oral evidence sessi…
23 Mar 2022 Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to reorganised FCDO structur…
21 Jul 2021 Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary following his appearance before the C…
11 Feb 2021 To cttee Letter from HSBC following their appearance before the Committee on 26 January …
13 Jan 2021 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Under-Secretary following his appearance before the F…
18 Nov 2020 Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary relating to staffing and external eng…
18 Nov 2020 To cttee Letter from the Foreign Secretary following up on his evidence to the Committee…