Diplomatic Reception With Guest Speaker Rt Hon Dame Penny Mordaunt DBE PC Saturday, 1 August, 2026 Last month, Lord Howell of Guildford, President of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council (CFCC), hosted CFCC’s Diplomatic Summer Reception on the Terrace of the House of Lords. This popular event was attended by many Senior members of the Diplomatic Corps, CFCC Patrons and Members with their guests. In his welcome address, Lord Howell, which he described as a ‘warm up’ for the speeches... Reports
U.S. Embassy Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs 8th May 2006 Mark Tokola is the Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs and is a member of the US Senior Foreign Service. His most immediate posting before London was as... Reports
Ambassador of Israel 27th March 2006 Ambassador Heifetz was born in Russia before emigrating to Israel at the age of 14. He spent seven years working for Israeli Intelligence and achieved the rank... Reports
MEP for London, John Bowis OBE 27th February 2006 John Bowis was welcomed by CFCC Chairman, Sir Ronald Halstead. He was pleased to be among long-established and very dear friends. In his speech he would look at... Reports
Ambassador of France 9th January 2006 The Ambassador addressed the group in a free and informal way. This was a time of big change in our countries, in Europe and even the Conservative Party. Reports
Shadow Defence Minister, Dr Julian Lewis 14th November 2005 Dr Lewis was introduced by the Chairman Sir Ron Halstead. He explained that the members of the Shadow Defence Team were effectively 'ghost' defence ministers –... Reports
Ambassador of Brazil 17th October 2005 Our Chairman Sir Ronald Halstead opened the meeting and Ambassador Bustani replied expressing his gratitude for this opportunity to share his views. He welcomed... Reports
Ambassador of Italy 26th September 2005 Ambassador of Italy HE Mr Giancarlo Aragona, Lunchtime talk at the House of Commons. His Excellency has been Ambassador to this country since 2004. He attended... Reports
Annual Diplomatic Garden Party 2005 11th July 2005 Chairman of the CFCC, Sir Ronald Halstead CBE hosted the Annual Diplomatic Garden Party 2005, on behalf of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council. Articles
Ambassador of Japan 20th June 2005 Japan was the first Asian country to import the parliamentary cabinet system of the UK over 100 years ago – coming to the House is always a reminder of the long... Reports
