Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 69384

Foreign Relations: Scotland

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Andrew Bowie

ConservativeWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are informed when Scottish government Ministers meet foreign diplomats; whether permission is sought for such meetings; and whe

Answer

Ian Murray
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has regular engagement with the Scottish Government across a range of issues, including its engagement with diplomatic representatives. The terms of the International Relations Concordat of 2013 – agreed be...

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