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
public bodies.
Current membership
Rt Hon Sir Richard Ottaway(Conservative,
Croydon South) (Chair)
Mr John Baron (Conservative, Basildon
and Billericay)
Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell(Liberal
Democrat, North East Fife)
Rt Hon Ann Clwyd (Labour, Cynon Valley)
Mike Gapes (Labour/Co-op, Ilford
South)
Mark Hendrick (Labour/Co-op, Preston)
Sandra Osborne (Labour, Ayr, Carrick
and Cumnock)
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)
The following Members were also members
of the Committee during the parliament:
Rt HonBobAinsworth (Labour, Coventry
North East)
Emma Reynolds(Labour, Wolverhampton North East)
Mr DaveWatts(Labour, St HelensNorth)
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.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are
Kenneth Fox (Clerk), Peter McGrath (Second Clerk), Zoe Oliver-Watts
(Senior Committee Specialist), Sen Rudran (Inquiry Manager), Louise
Glen (Senior Committee Assistant), Su Panchanathan (Committee
Assistant), and 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 6105; the Committee's email address is fac@parliament.uk.
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