Question follow-through · 4792
Diplomatic Service: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to change the process for appointing political appointees to diplomatic roles.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to change the process for appointing political appointees to diplomatic roles.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the numerous occasions when these issues have been addressed in recent months, including the Foreign Secretary's appearance before the Foreign Affairs Committee on 15 December 2025, and her answers at the last session of departme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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