Third Report - Sovereignty for sale: the FCDO’s role in protecting strategic British assets
Select Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
HC 197
14 July 2021
Government response
Fourth Special Report - Government response to the Committee's Third Report: Sovereignty for sale: the FCDO's role in protecting strategic British assets · published 25 Oct 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Accepted in Part
Para 64
With cross-Government working comes a need for cross-committee scrutiny.
Recommendation
With cross-Government working comes a need for cross-committee scrutiny. If the Government is to succeed in achieving an “integrated” approach to UK security and foreign policy as set out in the Integrated Review, Government departments must be held to account …
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Government Response Summary
The government states the BEIS Select Committee should primarily oversee the ISU and commits to providing information and publishing a MoU for their scrutiny. It will continue to inform other relevant committees but does not grant them the same level of direct oversight.
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