Oral evidence transcripts

Work The situation in Sudan (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Maddy Crowther (Co-Executive Director at Waging Peace), Dr Kate Ferguson (Co-Executive Director at Protection Approaches), and Bushra Rahama (Waging Peace Representative and Founder at Human Rights and Development Organization (HUDO))

Work Recovery in Ukraine (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Olena Bilan (Chief Economist at Dragon Capital, and Co-chair of the Board of the Directors at Kyiv School of Economics), Olena Halushka (Board Member at Anticorruption Action Center, and Co-Founder at International Center for Ukrainian Victory), and Anna Myroniuk (Head of Investigations at The Kyiv Independent)

Inquiry Critical minerals

Witnesses Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Minister of State (Indo-Pacific) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), Professor Paul Monks (Chief Scientific Adviser at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), and Tim Stern (International Energy Director at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Inquiry Critical minerals

Witnesses Dr Marina Caparini (Senior Researcher, Centre for Policy Research at United Nations University)

Inquiry Critical minerals

Witnesses Fiona Clouder (Former Regional Ambassador, Latin America and Caribbean, COP26; Former HM Ambassador to Chile; Independent consultant), and Paul Atherley (Chairman at Pensana Plc, and Founder and Chairman at Tees Valley Lithium)

Inquiry Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

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

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

Work Narco-diplomacy (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Dr Annette Idler (Director of the Global Security Programme and Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford), and David Mansfield (Independent Consultant and author of 'A state built on sand: How opium undermined Afghanistan')

Work Narco-diplomacy (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Caroline Rose (Director, Strategic Blind Spots Forum at New Lines Institute), and Professor Lina Khatib (Director, Middle East Institute at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and Former Director at the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House)

Work Recovery in Ukraine (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Andriy Kostin (Prosecutor General at Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine), and Professor Antonios Tzanakopoulos (Professor of Public International Law, St Anne's College at University of Oxford)

Work Recovery in Ukraine (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Simon Smith (Former UK Ambassador to Ukraine and Chairman, Steering Committee, Ukraine Forum, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House), Natalie Jaresko (Former Minister of Finance of Ukraine, and finance and restructuring expert), and Dr Vlad Mykhnenko (Associate Professor of Sustainable Urban Development, St Peter’s College at University of Oxford)

Inquiry The UK’s engagement in Central Asia

Witnesses University of Exeter, University of Ulster, and Oliver Bullough (Freelance journalist)

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)