Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Foreign Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 8 Mar 2021 Closed: 24 Oct 2022 Parliament page
This inquiry will focus on how the FCDO should be supporting the UK’s response to the opportunities and challenges presented by new and emerging technologies, including through new forms of diplomatic engagement and building globally shared understandings of standards, rules and norms for the responsible development and use of new … Read more
8 Recommendations
2 Conclusions
1 Report
5 Oral sessions
3 Letters
5 Events
Activity timeline 15 events
24 Oct
2022
Report published
8 Jul
2022
Report published
6 Jul
2022
Correspondence
1 Mar
2022
Oral evidence
1 Mar
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
11 Jan
2022
Oral evidence
11 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
24 Nov
2021
Correspondence
2 Nov
2021
Oral evidence
2 Nov
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
7 Sep
2021
Oral evidence
7 Sep
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
1 Mar 2022
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Foreign Affairs Committee
Chris Jones · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Professor Charlotte Watts · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Rt Hon Amanda Milling
11 Jan 2022
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Balthasar Staehelin · International Committee of the Red Cross John Hughes · Twitter Miranda Sissons · Meta Sarah Spencer · International Committee of the Red Cross
2 Nov 2021
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David Sullivan · Digital Trust & Safety Partnership Jason Pielemeier · Global Network Initiative Joe Westby · Amnesty International Katie O'Donovan · Google UK
7 Sep 2021
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Anne-Marie Engtoft Larsen · Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark Martijn Rasser · Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Tobias Feakin · Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ulrike Franke · European Council on Foreign Relations
29 Jun 2021
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Ashish Jaiman · Microsoft Harriet Moynihan · Chatham House Hugh Milward · Microsoft Ria Thomas · Polynia Advisory Toomas Ilves
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third report - Encoding values: Putting tech at the heart of UK … HC 170 8 Jul 2022 10 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
10 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Third report - Encoding values: Pu…
We recommend that the FCDO designs and publishes in its forthcoming International Technology Strategy metrics...
We recommend that the FCDO designs and publishes in its forthcoming International Technology Strategy metrics on how it is supporting the Integrated Review’s goal of establishing the UK as a science & tech superpower. Performance against these metrics should be … Read more
Government Response
The FCDO will publish data and information on international technology partnerships in its annual report and accounts but refers to an internal Government implementation plan for agreed metrics and milestones.
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Government Response AI assessment · 10 of 8 classified
Accepted 5
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 4
Total 8 recs + 2 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
6 Jul 2022 Correspondence from the Tech Envoy & HM Consul General to San Francisco on his experience as the UK’s first tech envoy to the US, dated 24/06/2022
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24 Nov 2021 To committee Letter from Google following their appearance before the Committee on 2 November 2021, dated 16/11/2021
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28 Jul 2021 Correspondence from Microsoft following up on their appearance before the Committee on 29 June 2021, dated 20/07/2021
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