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.

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Current Members (11)

Active Inquiries (21)

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy: follow-up

ActiveOpened 25 Mar 2026

The situation in Ukraine

ActiveOpened 3 Feb 2026

What can we learn from Venezuela?

ActiveOpened 27 Jan 2026

Lebanon: next steps

ActiveOpened 20 Jan 2026

Follow-up to Israel-Palestine conflict inquiry

ActiveOpened 19 Jan 2026

Climate diplomacy

ActiveOpened 27 Oct 2025

The Chagos Agreement

ActiveOpened 16 Jun 2025

The Iran-Israel conflict

ActiveOpened 16 Jun 2025

Joint meeting of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee and the Ukrainian Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation

ActiveOpened 13 May 2025

The UK Government’s China Audit

ActiveOpened 27 Mar 2025

The situation in the eastern DRC

ActiveOpened 11 Mar 2025

The UK at the United Nations Security Council

ActiveOpened 11 Mar 2025

The UK-EU reset: rebuilding a strategic partnership in uncertain times

ActiveOpened 7 Mar 2025

The UK’s sanctions strategy

ActiveOpened 27 Jan 2025

The situation in Syria

ActiveOpened 20 Jan 2025

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

ActiveOpened 15 Jan 2025

Soft power: a strategy for UK success?

ActiveOpened 8 Jan 2025

The work of the British Council

ActiveOpened 20 Dec 2024

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict

ActiveOpened 25 Nov 2024

Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

ActiveOpened 6 Nov 2024

The future of the BBC World Service

ActiveOpened 5 Nov 2024

Recent Publications (20)

Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) priorities, dated 23 March 2026

CorrespondenceWork of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

25 Mar 2026

Correspondence from the Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories relating to the draft UK-EU agreement on Gibraltar, dated 10 March 2026

Correspondence

19 Mar 2026

Correspondence with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury relating to Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), dated 11 March and 25 February 2026

Correspondence

19 Mar 2026

Letter from the Minister for International Development and Africa relating to FCDO’s multi‑year Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations, 19 March 2026

CorrespondenceWork of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

19 Mar 2026

Correspondence from the Minister for Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean relating to annual Human Rights and Democracy Report, dated 06 March 2026

Correspondence

19 Mar 2026

Correspondence from the Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals relating to UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement, dated 09 March 2026

Correspondence

19 Mar 2026

Letter to the Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories relating to the draft UK-EU agreement on Gibraltar, dated 02 March 2026

Correspondence

10 Mar 2026

3rd Report – From a Common Understanding to Common Ground: Building a UK-EU Strategic Partnership fit for the future

ReportThe UK-EU reset: rebuilding a strategic partnership in uncertain times

4 Mar 2026

HC 857

Correspondence with Ofcom relating to disinformation, dated 17 February and 03 February 2026

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

25 Feb 2026

Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary following up on the oral evidence session on 16 December 2025, dated 12 February 2026 and 17 December 2025

CorrespondenceWork of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

25 Feb 2026

Correspondence with the Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs at TikTok, relating to the disinformation diplomacy inquiry, dated 30 and 14 January 2026

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

3 Feb 2026

Correspondence from the Director of UK Public Policy at Meta relating to disinformation, dated 16 January 2026

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

3 Feb 2026

Correspondence with the Government Affairs Department at X relating to the disinformation diplomacy inquiry, dated 28 and 14 January

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

3 Feb 2026

Correspondence with the Minister for AI and Online Safety, DSIT, relating to disinformation, dated 16 January and 07 January

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

28 Jan 2026

Correspondence with the Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy, MHCLG, relating to disinformation, dated 22 and 07 January

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

28 Jan 2026

Correspondence with the Minister for Security, Home Office, and Minister of State, Cabinet Office, relating to disinformation, dated 26 and 07 January

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

28 Jan 2026

Correspondence from Minister Doughty following up on the oral evidence session on 06 January, dated 19 January

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

20 Jan 2026

Correspondence with the Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO, relating to the FCDO budget, dated 16 January and 17 December

CorrespondenceWork of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

20 Jan 2026

Letter to the Foreign Secretary and response from Minister Elmore, relating to British Council finances, dated 19 January and 06 January

CorrespondenceThe work of the British Council

20 Jan 2026

Letter to the Head of Government Affairs (UK and Ireland) at X, relating to the disinformation diplomacy inquiry, dated 14 January

CorrespondenceDisinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

14 Jan 2026

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