Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Commissioner to the EU supported (a) the process which was followed leading to the appointment of Professor Dr Martin Selmyr as Secretary General of the European Commission and (b) the process prior to the appointment of Professor Dr Martin Selmyr; and what representations the UK Commissioner made to the EU Commissioner on that appointment.

​Appointments to the European Commission administration are an internal matter for the Commission. The Commissioner nominated by the UK is employed by the European Commission, not the British Government. As such, the question is one for the European Commission not for the British Government.