Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Drugs

Witnesses Serena Kennedy (Chief Constable at Merseyside Police), David Thorne (Assistant Chief Constable at South Wales Police), John Campbell QPM (Chief Constable at Thames Valley Police), Andy Dunbobbin (North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner), Zoe Metcalfe (Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire and the City of York), and David Sidwick (Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset)

Inquiry Migration and asylum

Witnesses David Neal (Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration)

Inquiry Drugs

Witnesses Councillor Joanne Harding (Local Government Association), Maggie Boreham (City and Hackney Public Health Team at Hackney Council), Professor Jim McManus (President of the Association of Directors of Public Health and Director of Public Health, Hertfordshire County Council), and Professor Dame Carol Black (Independent advisor to the Government on drugs)

Inquiry Drugs

Witnesses Professor Jo Neill (Professor of Psychopharmacology, Manchester Pharmacy School at Manchester University), Professor Ornella Corazza (Professor of Addiction Science at Hertfordshire University), Professor Stuart Reece (Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Western Australia), Professor David Nutt (Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College, London), Dr Owen Bowden-Jones (Chair at Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs), Dr Emily Finch (Co-chair of Recovery Committee at Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs), and Professor Roger Knaggs (Chair of Technical Committee at Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs)

Inquiry Migration and asylum

Witnesses Tom Pursglove (Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration at Home Office), and Dan Hobbs (Director, Asylum, Protection and Enforcement at Home Office)

Inquiry Drugs

Witnesses Niamh Eastwood (Executive Director at Release), Dr Kojo Koram (Lecturer, School of Law at Birkbeck College, University of London), Dr Karenza Moore (Lecturer in Sociology of Crime at Newcastle University), Martin Powell (Head of Partnerships at Transform Drug Policy Foundation), Chloe Hartnell (Partner at Hodge Jones and Allen LLP), and Rudi Fortson QC (Barrister at 25 Bedford Row Chambers)

Work Work of the Metropolitan Police Service (Regular evidence sessions)

Witnesses Sir Stephen House QPM (Acting Commissioner at Metropolitan Police Service), and Louisa Rolfe OBE (Assistant Commissioner at Metropolitan Police Service)

Work Appointment of the HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (Pre-appointment hearing)

Witnesses Andrew Cooke QPM (Government's preferred candidate)

Work Home Office policy on Ukrainian refugees (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Kevin Foster (Minister for Safe and Legal Migration at Home Office), Lord Harrington of Watford (Minister for Refugees at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities), Emma Haddad (Director General, Asylum and Protection at Home Office), and Abi Tierney (Director General, Her Majesty's Passport Office, Registrar General for England and Wales, and Director General, UK Visas and Immigration at Home Office)

Work Home Office policy on Ukrainian refugees (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses HE Vadym Prystaiko (Ukrainian ambassador to the UK), Enver Solomon (Chief Executive Officer at Refugee Council), Zoe Bantleman (Legal Director at Immigration Law Practitioners' Association), Iryna Terlecky (Member of board at Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain), and Helen Manis

Work State of the fire and rescue services (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Sir Tom Winsor (Chief Inspector at HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services), Roy Wilsher OBE (HM Inspector at HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services), and Mark Hardingham (Chair at National Fire Chiefs Council)

Inquiry Spiking

Witnesses Deputy Chief Constable Jason Harwin (Lead for drugs at National Police Chiefs' Council), Joy Allen (Durham Police and Crime Commissioner, Joint Lead on Addictions and Substance Misuse, The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners), and Dean Ames (Forensic Drugs Operations Manager at Metropolitan Police Service)

Work Work of the Home Secretary (Regular evidence sessions)

Witnesses Priti Patel (Home Secretary at Home Office), Matthew Rycroft CBE (Permanent Secretary at Home Office), and Tricia Hayes CB (Second Permanent Secretary at Home Office)

Inquiry Spiking

Witnesses Dr Adrian Boyle (Vice President at The Royal College of Emergency Medicine), Jade Quittenton (Night time economy lead at St John Ambulance), Councillor Jeanie Bell (Member at Local Government Association Safer and Stronger Communities Board, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety at St Helens Council), Paul Fullwood (Director of Inspections and Enforcement at Security Industry Authority), and Michael Kill (CEO at Night Time Industries Association)

Inquiry Spiking

Witnesses Zara Owen, Hannah Stratton, Alexi Skitinis, Dawn Dines (CEO at Stamp Out Spiking), Helena Conibear (CEO at The Alcohol Education Trust), and Julie Spencer (Head of Student Wellbeing at The University of Lincoln)

Inquiry Investigation and prosecution of rape

Witnesses Rachel Maclean (Minister for Safeguarding at Home Office), Jerome Glass (Director General, Policy and Strategy Group at Ministry of Justice), and Jaee Samant (Director General, Public Safety Group at Home Office)

Inquiry Investigation and prosecution of rape

Witnesses Max Hill QC (Director of Public Prosecutions at Crown Prosecution Service)

Inquiry Investigation and prosecution of rape

Witnesses Kirsty Brimelow QC (Vice-Chair at The Criminal Bar Association), Ellie Cumbo (Head of Public Law at The Law Society), Professor Penney Lewis (Criminal Law Commissioner at The Law Commission), and Derek Sweeting QC (Chair at The Bar Council)

Inquiry Channel crossings, migration and asylum-seeking routes through the EU

Witnesses Tom Pursglove (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Home Office), Dan Hobbs (Director, Asylum, Protection and Enforcement at Home Office), and Dan O'Mahoney (Clandestine Channel Threat Commander at Home Office)

Work Appointment of the Chair of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (Pre-appointment hearing)

Witnesses Julia Mulligan (Government's preferred candidate)