Foreign, Commonwealth and Development (including Topical Questions)
MPs question a government minister
This is a scheduled oral questions session on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development matters, held in the main Commons chamber. MPs will pose questions to the Foreign Secretary and departmental ministers about UK diplomatic, international development, and overseas policy priorities. The session may include topical questions on breaking international news or urgent foreign affairs issues.
Foreign Office questions are a primary mechanism for parliamentary scrutiny of the government's international relations, aid spending, and global engagement. They affect UK trade relationships, defence alliances, humanitarian commitments, and soft power—matters that touch every region through investment, security partnerships, and development aid.
35 questions
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK's priorities for the G20 Summit in the US.
What steps her Department is taking with international partners to support the response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of banning trade with Israeli settlements.
What diplomatic steps her Department is taking in response to settler activity in the West Bank.
What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the level of risk to civilians in the West Bank.
What steps she is taking with her international counterparts to help tackle violence against women and girls.
What assessment she has made of the level of humanitarian need in Chad.
What recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the human rights situation in Hong Kong.
What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of international outbreaks of Ebola.
What recent discussions she has had with international partners on the potential merits of increasing sanctions against Russia.
What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the adequacy of progress made in the disarming of Hamas under the terms of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.
What diplomatic steps she is taking with international partners to help prevent the sale of Russian oil to companies in China, Turkey and India.
What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help ensure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
What recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on Russian incursions into NATO airspace.
What diplomatic steps her Department is taking in response to settler activity in the West Bank.
What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the level of risk to countries arising from environmental change in the Tibetan plateau.
Whether she has made an assessment of the level of the threat posed by Russia to UK elections.
If she will take steps to include tackling international tax abuse in the Illicit Finance Summit.
What diplomatic steps her Department is taking in response to settler activity in the West Bank.
What steps she plans to take in response to increases in settler violence in the West Bank.
What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of developments in Iran following a military helicopter crash in the Gulf.
What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help tackle the global spread of disinformation on social media.
If she will publish individual country Official Development Assistance allocations for the next three years before the publication of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts.
What diplomatic steps she is taking to promote UK soft power.
What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK's relationship with the US.
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