The 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
agencies.
Current membership
Richard Ottaway (Conservative, Croydon South)
(Chair)
Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth (Labour, Coventry North East)
Mr John Baron (Conservative, Basildon and Billericay)
Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell (Liberal Democrats,
North East Fife)
Rt Hon Ann Clwyd (Labour, Cynon Valley)
Mike Gapes (Labour, Ilford South)
Andrew Rosindell (Conservative, Romford)
Mr Frank Roy (Labour, Motherwell and Wishaw)
Rt Hon Sir John Stanley (Conservative, Tonbridge
and Malling)
Rory Stewart (Conservative, Penrith and The Border)
Mr Dave Watts (Labour, St Helens North)
The following Member was also a member of the Committee
during the parliament:
Emma Reynolds (Labour, Wolverhampton North East)
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.
Publication
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including news items) are on the internet at
www.parliament.uk/facom.
A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is
at the front of this volume.
The Reports of the Committee,
the formal minutes relating to that report, oral
evidence taken and some or all written evidence are
available in a printed volume.
Additional written evidence may be published on the
internet only.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Dr Robin James
(Clerk), Mr Eliot Barrass (Second Clerk), Dr Brigid Fowler (Committee
Specialist), Ms Zoe Oliver-Watts (Committee Specialist), Mr Richard
Dawson (Senior Committee Assistant), Jacqueline Cooksey (Committee
Assistant), Mrs Catherine Close (Committee Assistant) and Mr Alex
Paterson (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A
0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6394;
the Committee's email address is foraffcom@parliament.uk
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