Foreign Affairs
Foreign affairs is where Britain decides what kind of power it wants to be in the world. It covers diplomacy and alliances, the response to wars and crises, sanctions, trade relationships, international development and the management of the relationship with the United States and Europe. Much of it happens out of public view and is shaped by events the government cannot control, but the choices made about which conflicts to join, which partners to trust and which agreements to sign have consequences that reach back to security, the economy and the country’s standing for years afterwards.
The department responsible
Manages Britain's relationships with every country on Earth — and remembers fondly the years when most of those relationships ran themselves.
MPs scrutinising this most
By written questions tabled to the department this Parliament.
1. Rt Hon Wendy Morton Conservative8152. Andrew Rosindell Reform UK4213. Rt Hon Priti Patel Conservative4194. Jim Shannon Democratic Unionist Party2185. Adam Jogee Labour183Recent Commons votes
Bills and Acts
Investigations
Trump is threatening a 100 percent tariff on every UK good sold to America unless Britain scraps a digital tax worth a fraction of the trade at stake. The tax will go. The real lesson is that a deal with this White House lasts exactly as long as it suits him.