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
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Government
* Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries
** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government
** Foreign office and foreign minister
* United S ...
. If elected, the person serving as shadow foreign secretary may be designated to serve as the new
Foreign Secretary
The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...
.
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
and other FCDO ministers to account in
Parliament
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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.
List of shadow foreign secretaries
Notes
References
Official Opposition (United Kingdom)
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