Shadow_Foreign_Secretary

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

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In UK politics, the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected, the person serving as shadow foreign secretary may be designated to serve as the new Foreign Secretary.

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The current shadow secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs is MP David Lammy. The Shadow Secretary (usually with one or more junior shadow ministers) holds the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and other FCDO ministers to account in Parliament.

Although DFID and the role of International Development Secretary was abolished by the second Johnson government in 2020, the Shadow Secretary of State did not have responsibility for development until Lammy was appointed in November 2021. His predecessor, Lisa Nandy, served alongside the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Preet Gill. This however is no longer the case after the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle.

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Notes

  1. Following Davies' resignation, it was announced that Pym would lead the two-day debate on Rhodesia for the Conservatives.[2] By approximately 20 November, Norman St John-Stevas had replaced him as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, and Pym continued as Shadow Foreign Secretary through the end of the Parliament in 1979.

References

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    Baston, Lewis (2004). Reggie: The Life of Reginald Maudling. Sutton Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 0-7509-2924-3.
  2. [2]
    Geoffrey Parkhouse (7 November 1978). "Pym favourite for top Thatcher post". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1.


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