Foreign Affairs Committee

We are a cross-party group of @HouseofCommons MPs scrutinising the policies of the @FCDOGovUK and its associated bodies. See what we're working on👇

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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 ⬇️ https://t.co/2CSqgIiE83

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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: https://t.co/NoAGuBic4V

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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: https://t.co/6h2msSV7eW

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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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Find out more: https://t.co/OUX895UOOE

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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: https://t.co/5iP8elq38P

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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: https://t.co/Ytbt4U1ccP

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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: https://t.co/Ytbt4U1ccP

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More details can be found on our website ⬇️
https://t.co/9Z3gxdFWxx

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We’ve published the response from the @FCDOGovUK, to the Chair’s latest letter.

Read the FCDO’s response:
https://t.co/OytJMuIePI

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More details can be found on our website ⬇️
https://t.co/taJZgi9UCi

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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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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.

➡️https://t.co/buhFyBxsC9

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More details can be found on our website ⬇️
https://t.co/hjjuKsRT8w

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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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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: https://t.co/8Up4eOfMGB