Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 April 2011.
Terms of Reference
Summary
Conclusions and recommendations
1 Introduction
Our inquiry
Context
Foreign ministries in a changed environment
The state of the FCO: UK concerns
FCO budgetary position
The FCO and Government foreign policy
2 FCO priorities
Official priorities
Commercial work
Human rights and UK values
Overseas Territories
3 Foreign policy leadership
Conditions for FCO leadership
The FCO and the Prime Minister
FCO attitude
Foreign policy expertise: the FCO's core role
Performance measurement
FCO co-operation with other departments
The FCO and global issues
The FCO in the National Security Council
The FCO and DFID
The handling of EU business
Improving cross-departmental working
Diplomacy and Development Review?
4 FCO assets and capabilities
Time and focus: the impact of managerialism
People
Geographical expertise and languages
Career management
Localisation
The Diplomatic Service and outside personnel
Corporate skills: doing foreign policy
Information and institutional memory
Overseas posts
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
List of additional written evidence
Oral and written evidence Wednesday 8 December 2010 Wednesday 15 December 2010 Wednesday 12 January 2011 Wednesday 26 January 2011 Monday 7 February 2011 Written evidence Additional written evidence
Wednesday 8 December 2010
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Wednesday 26 January 2011
Monday 7 February 2011
Written evidence
Additional written evidence