Oral evidence transcripts

Work The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the FCDO’s response (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Baroness Helic, Majda Ruge (Senior Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations), and Damir Arnaut (Member of the House of Representatives at Bosnian Parliamentary Assembly)

Inquiry Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Witnesses John Hughes (Global Head of Geopolitical and Economic Public Policy Strategy at Twitter), and Miranda Sissons (Global Director of Human Rights at Meta)

Inquiry Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Witnesses Sarah Spencer (Digital Specialist Consultant and Digital Threats Advisor at International Committee of the Red Cross), and Balthasar Staehelin (Director for Digital Transformation and Data at International Committee of the Red Cross)

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review in Nigeria

Witnesses Robbie Marwick (CEO and Founder at Savo Project Developers), and Andrew Skipper (Partner and Head of Africa Practice at Hogan Lovells, and Co-Chair at UK Government Africa Investors Forum)

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review in Nigeria

Witnesses Monique Barbut (Former Executive Secretary at United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD))

Inquiry Government policy on Afghanistan

Witnesses Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG (Former British Ambassador to Afghanistan), and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Inquiry Government policy on Afghanistan

Witnesses Rudra Chaudhuri (Director at Carnegie India), and Kori Schake (Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at American Enterprise Institute)

Inquiry Government policy on Afghanistan

Witnesses Rory Stewart (Former Secretary of State for International Development), and Lord Richards of Herstmonceux (Former Chief of the Defence Staff)

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

Witnesses Michael Reilly (Former British Representative to Taiwan and Member, Advisory Board at Global Taiwan Institute), Dr Alessio Patalano (Professor of War and Strategy in East Asia at King’s College London, and Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange), and Jason Hsu (Former Taiwanese MP; Tech Entrepreneur)

Inquiry Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Witnesses Joe Westby (Deputy Director, Amnesty Tech at Amnesty International), David Sullivan (Executive Director at Digital Trust & Safety Partnership), and Jason Pielemeier (Deputy Director at Global Network Initiative)

Inquiry Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Witnesses Katie O'Donovan (Public Policy Manager at Google UK)

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

Witnesses Dr Jack Holland (Associate Professor in International Relations/Security at University of Leeds), and Dr Sidharth Kaushal (Research Fellow at Royal United Services Institute)

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

Witnesses Professor Rory Medcalf (Head, National Security College at Crawford School of Public Policy)

Inquiry Government policy on Afghanistan

Witnesses Shaharzad Akbar (Chairperson at Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission), and Shukria Barakzai (Former Afghan MP)

Inquiry Government policy on Afghanistan

Witnesses Laurel Miller (Deputy/Acting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (2013-2017) at US State Department), and Professor Michael Semple (Deputy to the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan (2004-08))

Inquiry Government policy on Afghanistan

Witnesses General David Petraeus (ret.) (Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan (2010–11))

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review in Nigeria

Witnesses Helen Dempster (Assistant Director at Centre for Global Development), and Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede (Director at Africa Initiative for Governance)

Inquiry Implementing the Integrated Review in Nigeria

Witnesses Adesope Olajide (AKA Shopsy Doo) (Broadcaster and definer of the Afrobeats scene), and Patoranking (Nigerian music artist and performer)

Inquiry Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Witnesses Martijn Rasser (Director, Technology and National Security Program at Center for a New American Security (CNAS)), and Ulrike Franke (Senior Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations)

Inquiry Tech and the future of UK foreign policy

Witnesses Anne-Marie Engtoft Larsen (Tech Ambassador at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark), and Tobias Feakin (Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology at Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)