'The Foreign Office: when did the Foreign Secretary lose power to No. 10' With Sir Anthony Seldon, Historian, Author, Educator Sunday, 1 June, 2025 ‘Members of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council (CFCC) attended a talk at the House of Lords on Monday the 19th May by Sir Anthony Seldon, the acknowledged national authority on all matters relating to Number 10 and British prime ministers. Sir Anthony was introduced by Emma, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, a Patron of the CFCC who herself has served under a number of prime... Reports
CFCC AGM 27th April 2011 CFCC AGM: Dennis Waters, Secretary - Sir Ronald Halstead CBE, Chairman - Melissa Crawshay-Williams, Secretary. Articles
Ambassador of Bulgaria 27th April 2011 Bulgaria is a middle-sized European country with a population of 7.5 million. It is one of the oldest states in Europe, dating as far back as the 7th century... Reports
Ambassador of Georgia 17th March 2011 Speech by Ambassador Giorgi Badridze to Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council. Reports
Ambassador of Kuwait 28th February 2011 Firstly I would like to thank the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council for giving me the opportunity to be here this evening, to speak about a subject... Reports
Dinner with The Rt Hon The Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC 24th January 2011 Sir Ronald Halstead, CBE, chairman of the CFCC, hosted the annual diplomatic dinner at the Cadogan Hall, Chelsea in association with the Conservative Political... Articles
Rehman Chishti MP hosts Benazir Bhutto Memorial Lecture 13th December 2010 Rehman Chishti MP (former adviser to Ms Bhutto) was delighted to host this annual lecture in parliament, which had key note speeches from: Bilawal Bhutto... ReportsArticles
Ambassador of Libya 13th December 2010 I would like to thank you for inviting me here tonight and for you being here. It is a great honour for me to speak to such a distinguished audience about the... Reports
High Commissioner for Pakistan 15th November 2010 Thank you, Sir Ronald for giving me this opportunity to speak to the Conservative members of Parliament as a major coalition partner in the Government... Reports
Ambassador of Finland 26th October 2010 The Ambassador of Finland, HE Mr Pekka Huhtaniemi, spoke on 'Features of Finland's foreign policy' at the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council, in... Reports
