Foreign Affairs Committee
Welcome to the Foreign Affairs Committee’s website.
We are a Committee of fourteen Members of Parliament, drawn from the three largest political parties. The House of Commons has entrusted us with the task of monitoring the policy, administration and expenditure of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and its associated public bodies, including the British Council and the BBC World Service.
We choose our own subjects of inquiry. More details of our mode of working are given in the About the Committee section. We take written and oral evidence and produce reports to which the Government issues a response. The variety of work we have undertaken can be viewed using the Reports and Publications section.
Members of the Committee also participate in the Committees on Arms Export Controls.
Attending a meeting | Guide for witnesses | Submitting written evidence | Minutes of meetings | Transcripts of meetings
Latest news
- 9 October 2009: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report on Human Rights Annual Report 2008
- 6 October 2009: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report on Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
- 2 October 2009: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report on Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan
- 17 July 2009: Global Security: UK-US Relations: New Inquiry and Call for Evidence
- 14 July 2009: FCO Departmental Annual Report 2008-09: New Inquiry and Call for Evidence
Current inquiries
Developments in the European Union | Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Annual Report 2008-09 | Global Security: UK-US Relations
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Estimates Memoranda
