International affairs

On Tuesday 19 November, at 2.00pm, the Foreign Affairs Committee will hold an evidence session on the future of the BBC World Service and the relationship between the Service and UK foreign policy.

The Defence Committee will question the Secretary of State for Defence, Rt. Hon. John Healey, in his first appearance in front of the Committee. The session will take place on Thursday 21 November, at 10.30am.

On 12 November 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.

Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee will question Sir Philip Barton, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

The International Development Committee heard evidence on the current state of healthcare in Gaza.

Inquiry into UK-US relations launched by International Relations and Defence Committee

Chair of the Defence Committee congratulates President-elect Trump on his election victory

Chair of International Development Committee responds to the budget

House of Lords discusses the political situation in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Catch up

Lords debates current situation in Ukraine. Catch up

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]: call for evidence

Members debate the impact of conflict, extreme poverty and climate-related emergencies globally. Catch up

House of Lords marks anniversary of 1984 Ethiopian famine. Catch up