Oral evidence transcripts

Work Work of the Home Secretary (Regular evidence sessions)

Witnesses Rt Hon Priti Patel MP (Home Secretary at Home Office), Matthew Rycroft CBE (Permanent Secretary at Home Office), and Paul Lincoln OBE (Director General, Border Force at Home Office)

Work UK-EU security co-operation (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Sir Julian King GCMG KCVO (former European Commissioner for Security Union), and Sir Rob Wainwright KCMG (former Executive Director of Europol)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Nicole Jacobs (designate Domestic Abuse Commissioner at Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales), Lucy Hadley (Head of Campaigns and Policy at Women's Aid Federation of England), Rosie Lewis (Deputy Director and Violence Against Women and Girls Services Manager at The Angelou Centre), Dr Jill O'Leary (GP Medical Advisory Service at Helen Bamber Foundation), Theresa Schleicher (Casework Manager at Medical Justice), and Lorna Gledhill (Deputy Director at Asylum Matters)

Inquiry Police conduct and complaints

Witnesses Deborah Coles (Executive Director at INQUEST), Michael Oswald (Partner, Bhatt Murphy Solicitors, Representative at INQUEST Lawyers Group, and Representative at Police Action Lawyers Group), Phill Matthews (Chair, Conduct and Performance Sub-Committee at Police Federation of England and Wales), and Victor Marshall OBE (Professional Standards Co-ordinator at Police Superintendents' Association)

Work Online Harms (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Theo Bertram (Director of Government Relations and Public Policy for Europe at TikTok), Nick Pickles (Global Head of Public Policy Strategy and Development at Twitter), Derek Slater (Global Director of Information Policy at Google), Henry Turnbull (Head of Public Policy UK & Nordics at Snap Inc), Monika Bickert (Vice President, Global Policy Management at Facebook), and Niamh Sweeney (Director of Public Policy EMEA at WhatsApp)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses John Campbell QPM (Chief Constable at Thames Valley Police), Carl Foulkes QPM (Chief Constable at North Wales Police), Owen Weatherill (Assistant Chief Constable, Operation Talla at National Police Chiefs' Council), Lucy Moreton (Professional Officer at The ISU), Professor John Edmunds OBE (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), and Professor Annelies Wilder-Smith (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

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

Witnesses A, Mohammad, N, Sam Rahimi, Antonia Cohen (Volunteer Adviser at Refugee Council), Seb Klier (Parliamentary Manager at Refugee Council), and Anne Stoltenberg (Project Development Worker at Migrant Voice)

Work UK-EU security co-operation (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP (Minister for Security at Home Office), Chris Jones (Director, Europe at Home Office), and Paul Lincoln (Director General at UK Border Force)

Work UK-EU security co-operation (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Martin (Lead for Brexit at National Police Chiefs Council), and Steve Rodhouse (Director General Operations at National Crime Agency)

Work Pre-appointment hearing: Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (Pre-appointment hearing)

Witnesses David Neal (Government's preferred candidate)

Inquiry The Windrush Compensation Scheme

Witnesses Jacqueline McKenzie (Solicitor and Immigration Adviser at McKenzie Beute and Pope), Holly Stow (Senior Caseworker at North Kensington Law Centre), and Martin Forde QC (Independent Adviser, Windrush Compensation Scheme)

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

Witnesses Chris Philp MP (Minister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts at Home Office), Dan O'Mahoney (Clandestine Channel Threat Commander at Home Office), Abi Tierney (Director General, UK Visas and Immigration at Home Office), and Dan Hobbs (Director, Windrush, Asylum, Immigration and Citizenship at Home Office)

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

Witnesses Mary Molyneux (Chair at Brook House IRC Independent Monitoring Board), Dame Anne Owers (National Chair at Independent monitoring boards), Dr Hindpal Singh Bui (Inspection Team Leader at HM Inspectorate of Prisons), Paul Morrison (Immigration Services Director at Mitie Care and Custody), and Sarah Burnett (Operations Director, Immigration & Secure Logistics at Serco)

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

Witnesses David Blundell QC (Barrister at Landmark Chambers), Ainhoa Campas Velasco (PhD student at University of Southampton), Michelle Knorr (Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers), Alp Mehmet MVO (Migration Watch), Dr Peter Walsh (Migration Observatory), and Jill Rutter (British Future)

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

Witnesses Halvor Frihagen (Lawyer at Andersen & Bache-Wiig AS), Frode Forfang (Director General at Norwegian Directorate of Immigration), Madeline Gleeson (University of New South Wales), and Professor Natalie Klein (University of New South Wales)

Work Work of the Minister for Future Borders and Immigration (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Philippa Rouse (Director, Future Border & Immigration System Directorate at Home Office), Kevin Foster MP (Minister for Future Borders and Immigration at Home Office), and Marc Owen OBE (Director of National and International Operations at Home Office)

Inquiry Home Office preparedness for Covid-19 (Coronavirus)

Witnesses Chief Constable Pam Kelly (Chief Constable at Gwent Police), Chief Constable Andy Rhodes (Chief Constable at Lancashire Constabulary), Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe (Lead on Domestic Abuse Portfolio at National Police Chiefs' Council), and Assistant Chief Constable Owen Weatherill (Silver Command, Operation Talla at National Police Chiefs' Council)

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

Witnesses Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor (Representative to the UK at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)), and Vincent Cochetel (Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean Situation at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR))

Work Work of the Home Office (Regular evidence sessions)

Witnesses Wendy Williams, HM Inspector of Constabulary and HM Inspector of Fire and Rescue Services

Work Counter-extremism and counter-terrorism (Non-inquiry session)

Witnesses Sara Khan (Lead Commissioner at Commission for Countering Extremism), and Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu (QPM and National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing at Metropolitan Police Service)