Letter to the Chairman of the Committee
from Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs
Thank you for your letter of 22 October about
the FCO Ministerial Team.
As you know, Ministerial appointments are at the
discretion of the Prime Minister. There have been many different
arrangements of Ministerial portfolios among FCO Ministers. The
Minister dealing with EU and European matters has often had responsibilities
for other subjects as well. I and my Ministerial team are confident
of our capacity to discharge our responsibilities to Parliament
and to provide Ministerial leadership of the Department.
29 October 2009
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