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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Correspondence

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 29 October 2025UIN 83806

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the letter of 16 May 2025 from FCDO staff to the former Foreign Secretary on HM Government's Middle East policy.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

It is a long-standing principle that Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff should be free to express their views internally without concern that their views will be made public.

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