FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
The Foreign Affairs Committee is appointed by the
House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and
policy of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its associated
public bodies.
Current Membership
Rt Hon Donald Anderson MP (Labour, Swansea East)
David Chidgey MP (Liberal Democrat, Eastleigh)
Sir Patrick Cormack MP (Conservative, Staffordshire
South)
Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour, Leeds North East)
Eric Illsley MP (Labour, Barnsley Central)
Andrew Mackinlay MP (Labour, Thurrock)
John Maples MP (Conservative, Stratford-on-Avon)
Bill Olner MP (Labour, Nuneaton)
Greg Pope MP (Labour, Hyndburn)
Rt Hon Sir John Stanley MP (Conservative, Tonbridge
and Malling)
Gisela Stuart MP (Labour, Birmingham Edgbaston)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No.152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/fachome.htm. A list
of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is on the
inside front cover.
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk
of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Committee Office, House of Commons,
London SW1A 0AA. The telephone numbers for general inquiries is:
020 7219 6106/6105/6394; the Committee's e-mail address is: foraffcom@parliament.uk.
Footnotes
In the footnotes of this Report, references to oral
evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question number.
Reference to written evidence are indicated by the page number
as in 'Ev 12'.
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