"Russia's War in Ukraine: How Cities and Businesses Build Resilience and Contribute to the War Effort – The Case of Lviv and the Lviv Region" Monday, 21 October, 2024 Ukrainian Delegation to UK Houses of Parliament With Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE and Rt Hon Baroness Neville-Jones Five members of the Lviv City Council, led by the Deputy Mayor, were in London on 21 and 22 October. Their visit will focussed on Parliament and they talked about the course of the war and its impact on the economy and daily life. It was a fascinating opportunity to hear from... Reports
Monday 17th July, Annual Diplomatic Reception, House of Lords Terrace 17th August 2023 Terrace Reception sponsored by CFCC Patron, Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford Speaker: The Lord Marland, Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment... Reports
Annual Diplomatic Garden Party 9th June 2023 On a beautiful balmy sunny evening CFCC hosted over twenty Ambassadors and welcomed Rt Hon Greg Hands MP as speaker. The Summer Reception of the Conservative... Reports
‘The Other War – China’s and Russia’s deep penetration of the developing world’ with Sir John Sawers and Robert Clark 24th May 2023 A Meeting of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council (CFCC) took place on May 24th at the House of Lords. Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, as President of... Reports
The Role of the Middle East with the Rest of the World: Panel Discussion with Middle East Ambassadors 17th April 2023 Panel Discussion with Ambassadors of Bahrain, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, the Palestine Ambassador and Attache at the Embassy of Oman... Reports
‘Building bilateral Trade and Industry links’ Chaired by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne 14th March 2023 ‘Building bilateral Trade and Industry links’ Chaired by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne with Ambassadors of Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Azerbaijan... Reports
“Ukraine: 12 months on” Talk and Dinner with Lord Garnier KC 9th February 2023 Report of the event: On a winter’s evening at esteemed club Boodle’s in early February 2023, a host of CFCC members were joined by The Rt Hon Lord Garnier KC to... Reports
Commonwealth Poetry: Getting to know 2.5 billion people through…. Wait for it… Poetry! 25th January 2023 Chaired by Rt Hon Baroness Chalker of Wallasey FRGS, President of the CFCC With Gyles Brandreth, Aphra Brandreth and His Excellency Kevin M Isaac Getting to... Reports
UK-Asean Panel of Diplomats and Parliamentarians 2nd January 2023 Members of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council (CFFC) met in the House of Lords on the Evening of 14th December to discuss the two way trade and... Reports
Martin Vander Weyer “Good business is the antidote to bad politics” 21st November 2022 The CFFC held a well-attended exclusive dinner at Franco’s in St James to hear from Martin Vander Weyer, Business Editor of “The Spectator” on the topic of... Reports
