Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is responsible for the appointment of chairs to the following public bodies regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments:

Great Britain China Centre: Martin Davidson
Marshall Aid Commemorative Commission: John Hughes
Westminster Foundation for Democracy: Henry Bellingham (political nominee)
Imperial War Museum: Sir Francis Richards

Appointments to the chairs of the following non-regulated bodies also fall under FCO’s remit:

British Council : Sir Vernon Ellis
Wilton Park: Iain Ferguson