Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry The World Food Programme inquiry

Witnesses David Beasley, Executive Director, The World Food Programme

Inquiry China and the international rules-based system inquiry

Witnesses Rt Hon Mark Field MP, Minister of State, Kate White, Asia Pacific Director, James Kariuki, Multilateral Policy Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry Global Britain and South America inquiry

Witnesses John Dew, former UK Ambassador to Colombia, Professor Julia Buxton, Professor of Comparative Politics, Central European UniversityCristina Cortes, Chief Executive Officer, Canning House, Professor Anthony Pereira, Director, King’s Brazil Institute

Inquiry Global Britain: The future of UK sanctions policy inquiry

Witnesses Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute, Dr. Justine Walker, Head of Sanctions Policy, UK Finance

Inquiry China and the international rules-based system inquiry

Witnesses Professor Eva Pils, Professor of Law, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, Paul Roseby OBE, CEO and Artistic Director, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, Professor Steve Tsang, Director, SOAS China Institute, Professor Sebastian Veg, Professor of Intellectual History and Literature of 20th Century China, School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), ParisThe Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes CH

Inquiry The future of the UK Overseas Territories inquiry

Witnesses Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, Ben Merrick, Director, Overseas Territories, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry The future of the UK Overseas Territories inquiry

Witnesses Hon. Victor F. Banks, Chief Minister of Anguilla, Hon. Donaldson Romeo, Premier of Montserrat, Hon. Sharlene Cartwright Robinson, Premier of the Turks & Caicos Islands, Hon. Ms. Teslyn Barkman, Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative AssemblyCouncillor Leslie Jaques OBE, Government of Pitcairn Islands, Councillor Derek Thomas, Member of the St Helena Legislative Assembly, Mr Ian Lavarello, Chief Islander of Tristan da Cunha, Councillor Keturah (Kitty) George, Ascension Island Council

Inquiry Oral evidence from the Foreign Secretary

Witnesses Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under Secretary, Richard Moore, Director-General, Political, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry Global Britain and India inquiry

Witnesses Dr Rudra Chaudhuri, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London and Director, Carnegie India, Ranjan Mathai, former Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Professor Kate Sullivan de Estrada, Associate Professor in the International Relations of South Asia, University of Oxford

Inquiry The future of the UK Overseas Territories inquiry

Witnesses Elise Donovan, British Virgin Islands Government representative in the UK, and Janice Panton, Montserrat Government representative in the UK; Jonathan Hall, Head, RSPB’s UK Overseas Territories Unit, and Dr Mike Pienkowski, Executive Director, UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (at 3.30pm).

Inquiry China and the international rules-based system inquiry

Witnesses The Hon. Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia, and President, Asia Society Policy Institute

Inquiry Global Britain and India inquiry

Witnesses Shishir Bajoria, Chairman, Bajoria Group, Lord Bilimoria CBE DL, Founder and Chairman, Cobra Beer, Dan Mobley, Global Corporate Relations Director, Diageo, Devie Mohan, Co-founder and CEO, Burnmark

Inquiry Global Britain and India inquiry

Witnesses Dr Reuben Abraham, CEO and Senior Fellow, IDFC Institute

Inquiry FCO budget and capacity, and annual report 2017-18 inquiry

Witnesses Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Andrew Sanderson, Finance Director, Peter Jones, Chief Operating Officer, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry Global Britain and India inquiry

Witnesses Sir James Bevan, Former High Commissioner to India, Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Inquiry China and the international rules-based system inquiry

Witnesses Nigel Inkster, Senior Adviser, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor, The Economist, Helena Legarda, Research Associate, Mercator Institute for China Studies

Inquiry The future of the UK Overseas Territories inquiry

Witnesses George Fergusson, former Governor of Bermuda and (non-resident) Governor of Pitcairn, and Susie Alegre, Director, Island Rights Initiative; At 3.30pm Dr Peter Clegg, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, University of the West of England, and Eric Bush, Director, Cayman Islands Government Office and Chair, UK Overseas Territories Association

Inquiry Global Britain: FCO skills inquiry

Witnesses Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP, Minister of State, Jon Benjamin, Director of Diplomatic Academy; Angus Lapsley, Director of Defence, International Security and South East Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Victoria Smith, Head of Talent and Capability, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Inquiry Responsibility to protect and humanitarian intervention inquiry

Witnesses i) Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State, Richard Jones, Deputy Director, Human Rights and Democracy, Corinne Kitsell, Deputy Director UN & Multilateral / UN Co-ordinator, and Paul McKell, Legal Director; ii) Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Richard Jones, Deputy Director, Human Rights and Democracy, Corinne Kitsell, Deputy Director UN & Multilateral / UN Co-ordinator, and Paul McKell, Legal Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (at 3.45pm).

Inquiry Responsibility to protect and humanitarian intervention inquiry

Witnesses Dr Farouq al Habib, Director, Mayday Rescue Foundation, Haid Haid, research fellow, King’s College London, Ms Laila Alodaat, MENA Director, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom