Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 83806
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Correspondence
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
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.
Answer
Seema MalhotraIt 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.