Oral evidence transcripts

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

Inquiry Global Britain: FCO skills inquiry

Witnesses Dr Peter Ammon, former Ambassador of Germany to the UK, The Hon. Alexander Downer, former High Commissioner of Australia to the UK, and Dr Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Strategic Studies; Dr Catherine Fieschi, Director, Counterpoint, and Patrick Horgan, Regional Director, Northeast Asia, Rolls Royce plc (at approx. 3.45pm).

Inquiry The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Human Rights Work 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 The work of the Minister of State for the Middle East

Witnesses Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for the Middle East, and Martin Longden, Head of Near East Department, and UK Special Representative for Syria, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Inquiry The Western Balkans inquiry

Witnesses Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP, Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, Andrew Page, Western Balkans Summit Co-ordinator, Fiona McIlwham, Director of the Western Balkans Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Human Rights Work inquiry

Witnesses Ben Emmerson QC, former Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights, Professor Rosa Freedman, Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading, Professor Javaid Rehman, Professor of Law, University of BrunelSir Roger Gale MP, Angela Smith MP, Murray Hunt, Director, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law

Inquiry Oral evidence from the Foreign Secretary

Witnesses Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under Secretary, Karen Pierce, Political Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry The Western Balkans inquiry

Witnesses Dr Peter Sanfey, Deputy Director for Country Economics and Policy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Inquiry The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s preparations for the World Cup inquiry

Witnesses Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister of State, Julia Longbottom, Director for Consular Affairs, Martin Harris, Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry The Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s preparations for the World Cup inquiry

Witnesses Kevin Miles, Chief Executive, the Football Supporters Federation, Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts, National Lead for Football Policing, Robert Sullivan, Strategy and Communications Director, the Football Association

Inquiry The Western Balkans inquiry

Witnesses Sir Robert Cooper, Former EU Diplomat, Professor James Ker-Lindsay, Senior Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics, Dr Cvete Koneska, Senior Analyst, Europe, Control Risk consultancy, Ms Tena Prelec, PhD candidate, University of Sussex

Inquiry Russian corruption and the UK inquiry

Witnesses Emile Simpson, Research Fellow, Harvard University, Mark Galeotti, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations Garry Kasparov, Author and political activist (via video link)