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Written Question
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Departmental Responsibilities
Monday 7th March 2022

Asked by: Lord Allen of Kensington (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was their rationale for cutting the post of Minister for the Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Ministerial appointments are a decision for the Prime Minister. The Middle East and North Africa ministerial post remains within the FCDO.