Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provided the following answer to Andrew's written parliamentary question (69478):

Dr Andrew Murrison MP has warmly welcomed Boris Johnson’s announcement that the Department for International Development with merge with the Foreign Office to create a new department.

Andrew, who served as a joint DFID and FCO minister until February said;

Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa and local MP Andrew Murrison signed an Association Agreement and Political Declaration on Saturday at the Foreign Office with Moroccan Minister Nasser Bourita. 

Minister of State Dr Andrew Murrison got back home to Wiltshire on Saturday from a two day visit to Beirut and refugee locations in Lebanon. 

Last night local MP and Foreign Office Minister Andrew Murrison had to fly back from the United Nations General Assembly in New York early and is back in the Commons following the Supreme Court judgment on parliament’s prorogation. 

Andrew has spent his week in Oman, UAE and Saudi Arabia meeting prominent figures including Yemen’s President Hadi. 

Local MP and Minister of State Andrew Murrison is backing Boris Johnson for Prime Minister (see attached photo). 

Andrew said;

“Both candidates are really good but in my view Boris is best placed to deliver Brexit.

Andrew Murrison met Wiltshire constituents and campaigners against climate change on Wednesday at Westminster to hear their concerns.

Downing Street has announced that South West Wiltshire MP Andrew Murrison has been appointed Minister of State at the Foreign Office and at the Department for International Development. Dr Murrison is to join the Privy Council. 

Andrew Murrison asked Theresa May for a moratorium on new waste incinerators including gasification and pyrolysis plants today at PMQs - starting with the proposed gasification plant that Hills Waste wants to inflict on Westbury.