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We’re moving! Follow @HoCcommitteesUK to keep up with the work of our committee, and check us out on other platforms ⬇️ parliament.uk/get-involved/c…

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In our session with Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP at the @FCDOGovUK, committee member @Abtisam_Mohamed asked whether the government can be more proactive over sanctions on Israel, to bring other countries with us. Hear what she had to say.
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In our session the Minister for the Middle East, @HFalconerMP told us that the ‘endgame’ for Lebanon is Lebanese sovereignty and a stable government, and Lebanon becoming a reliable neighbour to other counties in the region.
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Unanswered questions remain over how Peter Mandelson's appointment as British Ambassador to the USA was allowed to go ahead. We are calling for changes to be made to ensure mistakes like this never happen again. Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/com…
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On Tuesday, we'll be questioning @HFalconerMP, Minister for the Middle East, on developments in the Middle East a year after the committee published it's report on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/@ukparliament/st…
Evidence session Follow-up: the Isreal-Palestine conflict Tuesday 7 July, 2pm Watch live on YouTube Foreign Affairs Committee Photo shows a close up of the Gaza border concrete wall.

ALT Evidence session Follow-up: the Isreal-Palestine conflict Tuesday 7 July, 2pm Watch live on YouTube Foreign Affairs Committee Photo shows a close up of the Gaza border concrete wall.

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In our session on Jerusalem Holy Sites, we asked religious leaders Hosam Elias Naoum, Archbishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, and Theophilus III, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, how worship by Christian groups is currently being impacted.
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In our session on the Integrated Security Fund, @LordMcConnell told us that funding cuts and a lack of strategy and prioritisation is impacting the UK's ability to support peacebuilding and be a reliable long-term partner.
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Disinformation has the power to seriously harm our democracy. The government has said it wants to combat disinformation, and is taking steps to do so. But the we think it should be going further and doing more 🧵
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The Foreign Affairs Committee has criticised the Government response to its report as “woefully inadequate” and failing to “engage meaningfully with its substance”.  Read the letter and the Government response: committees.parliament.uk/com…
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Our session has resumed with Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, giving evidence on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting. Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=YyfyhaN-…

Mandelson vetting: Sir Philip Barton and Morgan McSweeney questioned by Foreign Affairs Committee

Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign,...

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Our session questioning Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK and Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting has begun. Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=YyfyhaN-…

Mandelson vetting: Sir Philip Barton and Morgan McSweeney questioned by Foreign Affairs Committee

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We’ve published the response from the @FCDOGovUK, to the Chair’s latest letter. Read the FCDO’s response: committees.parliament.uk/pub…
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Foreign Affairs Committee publishes FCDO response in consultation with Ian Collard - Committees -...

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We will hear from Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting tomorrow at 9am Tuesday 28 April. Morgan McSweeney, former Downing Street Chief of Staff will also be giving evidence at 11am.
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28 April 2026 - Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Oral evidence - Commit...

08:30 - The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

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Our Chair @EmilyThornberry has written to the Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP, to request that Ian Collard at the @FCDOGovUK to appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday 28 April on Lord Mandelson's security vetting. ➡️committees.parliament.uk/pub…
Dear Yvette, I am writing to formally request that lan Collard appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday next week (28 April). M y Committee Clerks have been i n touch with officials in the usual manner to try to secure Mr Collard's attendance, but as we are time-constrained by prorogation which is expected next week, I thought I should formally write to you. I would be grateful if you could respond by 5pm today with an update so that the appropriate arrangements can be made, both for the Committee to prepare and for support to be put into place for M r Collard. His evidence would fill gaps in our investigation, and as he and Sir Olly Robbins were potentially the only people in the meeting to discuss Lord Mandelson's security vetting, we must insist on seeing him personally in this instance. Thanks in advance for your help in moving this forward, Dame Emily Thornberry MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee

ALT Dear Yvette, I am writing to formally request that lan Collard appear before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday next week (28 April). M y Committee Clerks have been i n touch with officials in the usual manner to try to secure Mr Collard's attendance, but as we are time-constrained by prorogation which is expected next week, I thought I should formally write to you. I would be grateful if you could respond by 5pm today with an update so that the appropriate arrangements can be made, both for the Committee to prepare and for support to be put into place for M r Collard. His evidence would fill gaps in our investigation, and as he and Sir Olly Robbins were potentially the only people in the meeting to discuss Lord Mandelson's security vetting, we must insist on seeing him personally in this instance. Thanks in advance for your help in moving this forward, Dame Emily Thornberry MP, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee

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We will hear from Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at @FCDOGovUK, on Lord Mandelson’s security vetting at 9am Tuesday 28 April. Details of our session with Morgan McSweeney will be announced soon.
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Sir Philip Barton, former Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO, to give evidence on Lord Mandels...

The Foreign Affairs Committee will continue its scrutiny of Lord Mandelson’s security vetting with an evidence session with Sir Philip Barton.

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Our session with Cat Little, Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office and Chief Operating Officer of the United Kingdom's Civil Service on Lord Mandelson's vetting has begun. Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=Wbf5a1eM…

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