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
| 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
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 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… |