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Third Report - Sovereignty for sale: the FCDO’s role in protecting strategic British assets

Foreign Affairs Committee HC 197 Published 14 July 2021

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

12 items (12 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 12 of 12 classified

Accepted 5

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 2

Deferred 2

Rejected 2

Government response

Fourth Special Report - Government response to the Committee's Third Report: Sovereignty for sale: the FCDO's role in protecting strategic British assets · published 25 Oct 2021

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

10 Recommendation Accepted in Part

Para 64

With cross-Government working comes a need for cross-committee scrutiny.

Recommendation

With cross-Government working comes a need for cross-committee scrutiny. If the Government is to succeed in achieving an “integrated” approach to UK security and foreign policy as set out in the Integrated Review, Government departments must be held to account … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government states the BEIS Select Committee should primarily oversee the ISU and commits to providing information and publishing a MoU for their scrutiny. It will continue to inform other relevant committees but does not grant them the same level of direct oversight.

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