8. Letter to Simon McDonald, Foreign Policy Adviser, 10 Downing Street from the Chairman of the Committee
Congratulations on your appointment as the new Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser. You will face many important challenges over the coming months, but I know my colleagues on the Committee agree with me that you are more than capable of dealing with them.
The Committee noted with interest Gordon Brown's statement at his campaign launch on 11 May that "Government must be more open and more accountable to Parliament—for example in decisions about peace and war, in public appointments...". I and my colleagues feel it would be entirely within the spirit of the new Prime Minister's remarks if you were to appear before it in public session to explain your role as his foreign policy adviser and to answer questions on the new Prime Minister's foreign policy priorities.
I look forward to your response.
Mike Gapes MP
Chairman
27 June 2007
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