Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry The UK’s engagement in Central Asia

Witnesses Worcester College, Oxford University, and King's College, Cambridge University, Foreign Policy Centre, and OSCE Academy, and Chatham House

Work The situation in Sudan (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP (Minister of State (Development and Africa) at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Work The situation in Sudan (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Dame Rosalind Marsden (Former EU Special Representative for Sudan; Former British Ambassador to Sudan and Associate Fellow at Africa Programme, Chatham House)

Work The situation in Sudan (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Martin Plaut (Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London), and Alan Boswell (Project Director, Horn of Africa at International Crisis Group)

Inquiry Critical minerals

Witnesses James Black (Assistant Director, Defence and Security at RAND Europe), and Aidan Davy (Chief Operating Officer at International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM))

Inquiry Critical minerals

Witnesses Duncan Wood (Vice President for Strategy & New Initiatives at Wilson Center), and Christopher Heron (Director for Communication & Public Affairs at Eurometaux (European Metals Association))

Inquiry Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Inquiry Critical minerals

Witnesses Jeff Townsend (Founder at Critical Minerals Association), and Christopher Vandome (Senior Research Fellow, Africa Programme at Chatham House)

Inquiry Critical minerals

Witnesses Guillaume Pitron (Journalist and Author of 'The Rare Metals War'), and Henry Sanderson (Journalist and Author of 'Volt Rush')

Inquiry The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations

Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Work UK universities’ engagement with autocracies (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Sir Anthony Finkelstein (President at City, University of London), Dr Tim Bradshaw (CEO at Russell Group), and Alan Mackay (Deputy Vice-Principal International and Director of Edinburgh Global at University of Edinburgh)

Work UK universities’ engagement with autocracies (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Fiona Quimbre (Analyst at RAND Europe), Vivienne Stern (CEO at Universities UK), and Professor John Heathershaw (Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics, College of Social Sciences and International Studies at University of Exeter)

Work The UK’s security relationship with the EU (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses The Rt Hon Sir David Lidington KCB CBE (Chair at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)), and General (Ret.) Sir James Everard KCB CBE (Former NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe)

Work The UK’s security relationship with the EU (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Lord Ricketts (Former National Security Adviser and UK Ambassador to France), and Sir Richard Dearlove KCMG OBE (Former Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6))

Inquiry The FCDO’s approach to state level hostage situations

Witnesses Phil Harper QPM (CEO and Founder at Sheep One Hundred), and Mickey Bergman (Vice-President and Executive Director at Governor Richardson Center for Global Engagement)

Inquiry The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies

Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Hazel Cameron (Head of the Human Rights Department at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Work Western Balkans (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Christian Schmidt (High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Work Western Balkans (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Anthony Monckton (Former British Diplomat and Founder at ViennEast), Dr Kurt Bassuener (Co-founder and Senior Associate at Democratization Policy Council), and Edward P. Joseph (Former US Deputy Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of International Studies (SAIS))

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific

Witnesses Walter Ladwig III (Senior Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London), Garima Mohan (Senior Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States), Aman Hingorani (Lawyer and mediator at Supreme Court of India), and Mosharraf Zaidi (Journalist and CEO at Tabadlab)

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review: Tilt to the Indo-Pacific

Witnesses Asoke Mukerji (Former Indian Ambassador to the United Nations), and Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG (Former British High Commissioner to India)