Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ministers who have held posts here

Questions answered by this department

• 3. What assessment his Department has made of the level of strategic importance of the polar regions.
• As we speak right now, Israel is yet again pursuing its brutal policy of collective punishment in the west bank, with He
• The attack on the then British Prime Minister’s home last year was linked to Russian-backed proxies attempting to underm
• Does the Foreign Secretary accept that it would be a disservice to the democratic process to identify attempts to interf
• On 14 October, the UN’s international commission of inquiry on the OPT and Israel published its latest report. I quote p
• 11. What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of UNICEF UK’s “No Choice But Childhood”
• The Prime Minister told President Zelensky recently that he stood “in complete solidarity” with Ukraine over President T
• My West Dunbartonshire constituent Jagtar Singh Johal was released on bail 26 days ago, but Jagtar is by no means free.
• 8. What diplomatic steps he is taking to support UK nationals arbitrarily detained abroad.
• I thank the Secretary of State for his responses so far. The E1 scheme is a further terrifying situation for Palestinian
• T5. While knocking on doors in Denton Burn in Newcastle on Saturday, a resident said to me that we see these terrible im
• Last year, the Intelligence and Security Committee concluded that Iran poses a widespread, persistent and unpredictable
• His trial was unfair, and the 20-year sentence extension was arbitrary and outrageous—will the Secretary of State now un
• Given the scale of civilian suffering in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, can the Minister please outline
• 21. What steps his Department is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Palestine and Gaza.
• As winter bites and the humanitarian situation worsens, will the Secretary of State commit to supplying food aid to Gaza
• T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
• T7. The Foreign Office facilitated a trip to Dublin for the Scottish First Minister, John Swinney. There, he met the egr
• 7. What support his Department is providing to Afghan women and girls.
• Foreign money can be used to influence politics through sport. On 17 December last year, the Government gave Roman Abram
• The Foreign Secretary and I represent communities 15 miles apart—decent, hard-working people who are finding life very t
• Mr Speaker, I hope you will indulge me as I say a very quick thank you to the Clerk of the House, who is in his place an
• 1. What recent discussions he has had with European allies on tackling foreign interference in democratic processes inte
• What role will the Secretary of State’s Department play in the new national centre for information defence, and when wil