Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Global Britain inquiry

Witnesses Professor Walter Russell Mead, Distinguished Fellow in American Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute, Dr Kori Schake, Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Inquiry Responsibility to protect and humanitarian intervention inquiry

Witnesses Dr Kate Ferguson, Director of Research and Policy, Protection Approaches, Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, Director, Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice and Associate Professor of International Relations at SOAS, University of London, Professor Marc Weller, Professor of International Law and International Constitutional Studies, University of Cambridge

Inquiry Session with Minister of State for Africa inquiry

Witnesses Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister of State for Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Donal Brown, Director East and Central Africa, Department for International Development, Neil Wigan, Director, Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry Russian corruption and the UK inquiry

Witnesses Oliver Bullough, Journalist and author, Juliette Garside, Financial correspondent, Luke Harding, Journalist and author, Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute, Vladimir Ashurkov, Executive Director, Anti-Corruption Foundation, Roman Borisovich, Co-founder, ClampK

Inquiry China and the international rules-based system inquiry

Witnesses George Magnus, Associate, University of Oxford China Centre and Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Dr Yuka Kobayashi, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in China and International Politics, SOAS, University of London, and Dr Jan Knoerich, Lecturer in the Economy of China, Lau China Institute and Department of International Development, King’s School of Global Affairs, King's College London.

Inquiry Global Britain inquiry

Witnesses The Rt Hon. the Baroness Ashton of Upholland and The Rt Hon. the Lord Owen

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

Witnesses Natalie Samarasinghe, Executive Director, the United Nations Association UK (UNA-UK)

Inquiry Global Britain inquiry

Witnesses Rt Hon Alderman Charles Bowman, Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Sir David Wootton, Chairman, Mayoral Visits Advisory Committee, and Lord Mayor of the City of London 2011-12

Inquiry The Commonwealth Summit inquiry

Witnesses Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Tim Hitchens, Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Summit, Richard Oppenheim, UK Commonwealth Envoy

Inquiry The UK’s influence in the UN inquiry

Witnesses Sir Robert John Sawers GCMG, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations 2007-2009, Lord Hannay of Chiswick GCMG, CH, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations 1990-1995

Inquiry Global Britain inquiry

Witnesses Sir Simon Fraser GCMG

Inquiry The UK’s influence in the UN inquiry

Witnesses Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, Paul Williams, Director, Multilateral Policy, Sir Iain Macleod KCMG, Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry The UK’s response to hurricanes in its Overseas Territories inquiry

Witnesses Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, Ben Merrick, Director, Overseas Territories, Ben Saoul, Head, Crisis Management Department, and Julia Longbottom, Director, Consular Services, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Blondel Cluff, Anguillan Representative to the UK and EU, and Special Adviser to the Chief Minister of Anguilla, and Charlie Wheeler, Chargé d'Affaires, Government of Anguilla London Office (at 3.45pm).

Inquiry Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiry

Witnesses Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, Minister of State for the Middle East, Amy Clemitshaw, Head Eastern Mediterranean Department

Inquiry The future of Britain’s diplomatic relationship with Europe inquiry

Witnesses Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG MP, Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, Caroline Wilson, Europe Director, Mark Gooding, Assistant Director Europe – North, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Inquiry Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiry

Witnesses Dr Nazand Begikhani, Senior Research Fellow, Bristol University, and women’s rights advocate, Professor Mohammed Ihsan, Senior Research Fellow, King’s College London, and a former Minister of the Kurdistan Regional GovernmentDr Zeynep Kaya, Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, Guney Yildiz, Visiting Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Inquiry The future of Britain’s diplomatic relationship with Europe inquiry

Witnesses Professor Robert Tombs, University of Cambridge, and James Rogers, Henry Jackson Society.

Inquiry Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiry

Witnesses Karwan Jamal Tahir, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) High Representative to the United KingdomAlan Semo, Representative of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) to the United KingdomBill Park, Visiting Research Fellow, King’s College London, Robert Lowe, Deputy Director, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science

Inquiry FCO budget and capacity, and annual report 2016-17

Witnesses Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Andrew Sanderson, Finance Director, Peter Jones, Chief Operating Officer, and Miranda Curtis, Lead Non Executive Board Member, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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