Commons Select Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chair: Emily Thornberry
Scrutinises: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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.
Current Members (12)
Active Inquiries (22)
UK/EU Treaty on Gibraltar
Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy: follow-up
The situation in Ukraine
What can we learn from Venezuela?
Lebanon: next steps
Follow-up to Israel-Palestine conflict inquiry
Climate diplomacy
The Chagos Agreement
The Iran-Israel conflict
Joint meeting of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee and the Ukrainian Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation
The UK Government’s China Audit
The situation in the eastern DRC
The UK at the United Nations Security Council
The UK-EU reset: rebuilding a strategic partnership in uncertain times
The UK’s sanctions strategy
The situation in Syria
Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
Soft power: a strategy for UK success?
The work of the British Council
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The future of the BBC World Service
Upcoming Events
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Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
28 Apr 2026
Recent Publications (20)
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