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Oral evidence transcripts

Home Affairs Committee

Committee documents that were published online before May 2010 are available by session on the Pre-2010 Publications page.

Total results 402 (page 4 of 21)
15 March 2023
Inquiry Policing priorities
Witnesses Sophie Linden (London Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime), Tom Whiting (Interim Chair and Director General at Independent Office for Police Conduct), Kathie Cashell (Director of Strategy and Impact at Independent Office for Police Conduct), and Abimbola Johnson (Chair at Independent Scrutiny and Oversight Board)
Oral Evidence
8 March 2023
Work Work of the Home Office: Windrush (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Jacqueline McKenzie (Partner and Head of Immigration and Asylum Law at Leigh Day), Caitlin Boswell (Policy and Advocacy Manager at Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants), David Neal (Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration), Wendy Williams CBE (HM Inspector of Constabulary and HM Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services at His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services), Lord Murray of Blidworth (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Home Office), and Alex Hurst (Director of Transformation at Home Office)
Oral Evidence
1 March 2023
Inquiry Policing priorities
Witnesses Baljit Ubhey (Director of Strategy and Policy at Crown Prosecution Service), Gregor McGill (Director of Legal Services at Crown Prosecution Service), Jessica Eagelton (Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Refuge), and Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales)
Oral Evidence
22 February 2023
Inquiry Drugs
Witnesses Angela Constance (MSP and Minister for Drugs Policy at Scottish Government), Chris Philp (Combatting Drugs Minister and Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire at Home Office), Marcus Starling (Deputy Director of the Drug Misuse Unit, Crime Reduction Directorate at Home Office), and Caroline Hart (Deputy Director for Drugs Supply and County Lines at Home Office)
Oral Evidence
18 January 2023
Inquiry Policing priorities
Witnesses Andy Cooke QPM DL (His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services at His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services), Harvi Khatkar (Chief Superintendent and Vice President at Police Superintendents' Association), and Steve Hartshorn (National Chair at Police Federation of England and Wales)
Oral Evidence
1 February 2023
Inquiry Policing priorities
Witnesses Criminal Bar Association, Law Society, and Victim Support
Oral Evidence
14 December 2022
Inquiry Policing priorities
Witnesses Sir Mark Rowley QPM (Commissioner at Metropolitan Police Service)
Oral Evidence
7 December 2022
Inquiry Migration and asylum
Witnesses His Excellency Qirjako Qirko (Albanian Ambassador to the UK), Dr Andi Hoxhaj (Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Laws at University College London), Professor Dame Sara Thornton (Professor of Practice in Modern Slavery Policy, Rights Lab at University of Nottingham), Esme Madill (Solicitor at Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit (MiCLU) at Islington Law Centre), and Dr Peter William Walsh (Senior Researcher at Migration Observatory)
Oral Evidence
30 November 2022
Work Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Professor Alexis Jay OBE (Chair at Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse), John O'Brien (Secretary at Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse), and Drusilla Sharpling CBE (Panel Member at Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse)
Oral Evidence
23 November 2022
Work Work of the Home Secretary (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Suella Braverman (Home Secretary at Home Office), Matthew Rycroft CBE (Permanent Secretary at Home Office), and Dan O'Mahoney (Clandestine Channel Threat Commander at Home Office)
Oral Evidence
9 November 2022
Work State of the fire and rescue services (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Mark Hardingham (Chair at National Fire Chiefs Council), Roy Wilsher OBE QFSM (HM Inspector of Constabulary in England and Wales and Inspector of Fire and Rescue Authorities in England), and Matt Wrack (General Secretary at Fire Brigades Union)
Oral Evidence
2 November 2022
Inquiry Policing priorities
Witnesses Dr Rick Muir (Director at The Police Foundation), Andy Marsh QPM (Chief Executive at College of Policing), Martin Hewitt QPM (Chair at National Police Chiefs' Council), and Festus Akinbusoye (Prevention Lead at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners)
Oral Evidence
26 October 2022
Inquiry Channel crossings
Witnesses Dan O'Mahoney (Clandestine Channel Threat Commander at Home Office), Abi Tierney (Director General, Customer Services Capability at Home Office), Dan Hobbs (Director, Asylum, Protection and Enforcement at Home Office), and David Neal (Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration)
Oral Evidence
7 September 2022
Inquiry Violence against women and girls
Witnesses Nicole Jacobs (Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales), Vicky Marsh (Interim Director at Safety4Sisters North West), Roy Wilsher OBE QFSM (HM Inspector of Constabulary), Dr Hannana Siddiqui (Head of Policy and Research at Southall Black Sisters), and Elizabeth Jiménez-Yáñez (Policy and Communications Manager at Latin American Women's Rights Service)
Oral Evidence
20 July 2022
Work Work of the Home Office (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Simon Calder (Travel journalist), Thomas Greig (Director of Passports, Citizenship, and Civil Registration at HM Passport Office), and Edward Clarke (Vice-President, Ground Operations, UK at TNT)
Oral Evidence
29 June 2022
Inquiry Drugs
Witnesses Charlie Doyle (Assistant Chief Constable at British Transport Police), Dr Richard Lewis (Drugs lead for the National Police Chiefs’ Council and Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police), Steve Rodhouse (Director General of Operations at National Crime Agency), Nicky Hill (Head of Services at Abianda), Junior Smart OBE (Business development manager and head of SOS Gangs Project, St Giles Trust), and Dr Jack Spicer (Lecturer in Criminology at University of the West of England)
Oral Evidence
6 July 2022
Inquiry Migration and asylum
Witnesses Theresa Schleicher (Casework Manager at Medical Justice), Enver Solomon (Chief Executive at Refugee Council), Alison Pickup (Director at Asylum Aid), Rhys Clyne (Senior Researcher at Institute for Government), Tony Smith CBE (former Director General of UK Border Force), and David Wood (former Director General of Immigration Enforcement at the Home Office)
Oral Evidence
22 June 2022
Work Work of the Home Office (Regular evidence sessions)
Witnesses Matthew Rycroft CBE (Permanent Secretary at Home Office), and Tricia Hayes CB (Second Permanent Secretary at Home Office)
Oral Evidence
15 June 2022
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)
Oral Evidence
8 June 2022
Inquiry Migration and asylum
Witnesses David Neal (Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration)
Oral Evidence
Total results 402 (page 4 of 21)