On Tuesday 21 July 2009 The Rt Hon William Hague, MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, delivered an address to the IISS on "The Future of British Foreign Policy with a Conservative Government” .
Watch the Speech and the Q&A Session.
In a major policy speech Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague talked about the Foreign Policy of the next Conservative Government. He outlined the challenges and opportunities for Britain in the new century and the role Britain should play to counter and shape them.
Read the speech.
William Hague was elected as Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire at the 1989 by-election. He has held several posts in Government including Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Norman Lamont MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990-93; Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the DSS from 1993-94; and Minister of State, DSS (with responsibility for Social Security and Disabled People) from 1994-95. He joined the Cabinet in 1995 as Secretary of State for Wales.
In June 1997 William Hague was elected Leader of the Conservative Party and served as Leader until June 2001. In December 2005, William Hague was appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary and Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet.
This seminar was chaired Dr John Chipman, Director-General and CEO of the IISS and took place on the 5th floor of Arundel House, 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
