Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 27 July 2026.
Mims Davies
Shadow Minister (Women), Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many MP surgeries have Ministers in her Department had with MPs (a) in the period July 2024 to January 2025 and (b) since January 2025.
Stephen Doughty
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Ministers at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) engage regularly with MPs to discuss a range of issues, whether in Parliamentary debates, committee hearings, or meetings with specialist groups. Ministers have had regular engagement with parliamentarians at surgeries, with APPGs and with MPs on consular casework. FCDO ministers have responded to a quarter of all urgent question debates since the last election, regularly engaging with colleagues on a range of topical matters.
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