Public Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Rt Hon William Hague MP
Leads on:
Overall responsibility for the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Strategy and Policy Planning
Communications
Honours
Whitehall Liaison Department
FCO Finance
FCO Estates and Security
FCO Information and Technology
Legal Advisers
Minister of State
Jeremy Browne MP
Leads on:
South East Asia and Far East; Shanghai Expo
Caribbean
Central America
South America (including Argentina / Falklands)
Australasia and Pacific
Olympics
Public Diplomacy
Human Rights
Consular Policy
Migration
Drugs and International Crime
Minister of State
David Lidington MP
Leads on:
European Union
Europe, including Balkans, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
Russia, South Caucasus, Central Asia
NATO and European Security
OSCE and Council of Europe
FCO relations with Parliament
Minister of State
The Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford
Leads on:
All FCO business in the Lords
Commonwealth
International Energy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Henry Bellingham MP
Leads on:
Africa
UN
Conflict issues and counter-piracy
Overseas Territories (not Argentina / Falklands)
Global Economic Issues
FCO relations with British business
Climate Change
Protocol
Ministerial oversight for FCO Services
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Alistair Burt MP
Leads on:
Afghanistan and South Asia
Counter Terrorism
Counter Proliferation
North America
Middle East and North Africa
FCO Finance
Human Resources and Diversity
