Select Committee on Foreign Affairs First Report

Annex 2

Oral evidence sessions

From the start of the current Parliament to the end of 2003, the Committee has held 66 oral evidence sessions:

Session 2001-02

Date	Inquiry and witnesses
30 October 2001	British-US Relations Mr James Rubin, Former US Assistant Secretary of State, Professor Michael Clarke, Centre for Defence Studies, Kings College, London, and Professor Fred Halliday, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
20 November 2001	British-US Relations Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Stephen Wright CMG, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Mr Peter Ricketts, Political Director, and Mr Richard Wilkinson, Director, Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Stephen Wright CMG, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Mr Peter Ricketts, Political Director, and Mr Richard Wilkinson, Director, Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
28 November 2001	Gibraltar Hon Peter Caruana QC, Chief Minister of the Government of Gibraltar, and Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
5 December 2001	Zimbabwe Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Mr Mark Lyall Grant, Director, Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Laeken European Council Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Mr Kim Darroch, Director, European Union, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Mr Stephen Wright CMG, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
12 December 2001	Zimbabwe Baroness Amos MP of Lords, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Mr Andrew Pocock, Head of Africa Department (Southern), Foreign and Commonwealth Office
22 January 2002	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Mr Paul Bergne OBE; Professor Paul Wilkinson; and Mr Michael Keating and Mr Andrew Gilmour, UNSCO
30 January 2002	Human Rights Annual Report 2001 Peter Hain MP, Minister of State, Dr Carolyn Browne, Head, Human Rights Policy Department, and Ms Nicola Brewer, Director, Global Issues, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
5 February 2002	Turkey Dr William Hale, Director, Political Studies Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, Dr Philip Robins, Faculty Fellow and University Lecturer, Middle East Politics, Middle East Centre, St Anthony's College, Oxford, and Mr William Park, Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, Centre for Defence Studies, King's College, London
12 February 2002	Turkey Mr Michael Leigh, Director of Directorate C and Head of Turkey Unit, Enlargement Directorate-General, European Commission; Mr David Barchard; and Dr Heidi Wedel and Mr Tim Hancock, Amnesty International..
26 February 2002	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Dr Rosemary Hollis, Head of the Middle East Programme, Chatham House, and Mr Philip Stephens, Journalist, Financial Times
13 March 2002	Barcelona European Council Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Mr Kim Darroch CMG, Director, European Union, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Turkey Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Political Director and Mr John Macgregor CVO, Director for Wider Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
21 March 2002	Strategic Export Controls Annual Report for 2000, Licensing Policy and Prior Parliamentary Scrutiny Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr William Ehrman, Director, International Security, and Mr Tim Dowse, Head of Non-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
23 April 2002	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism Mr Ben Bradshaw MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mr Christopher Prentice, Head of Middle East and North Africa Department, Mr Edward Chaplin, Director for Middle East and North Africa Department and Mr William Ehrman, Director for International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
30 April 2002	Zimbabwe Mr Fergal Keane OBE, BBC News Special Correspondent, and Mr Richard Dowden, Writer on African Affairs
7 May 2002	FCO Annual Report 2002 Mr Mark Byford, Director, Mr Nigel Chapman, Deputy Director, and Mr Andrew Hind, Finance and Business Development Director, BBC World Service; Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws, Chairman, Mr David Green, Director General, and Mr Andrew Fotheringham, Director, Planning Research and Evaluation, The British Council
14 May 2002	Zimbabwe Baroness Amos, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Mr Mark Lyall Grant, Director for Africa, and Mr Jon Elliott, Head of Zimbabwe Section, Africa Department (Southern), Foreign and Commonwealth Office
11 June 2002	The Green Paper on Private Military Companies Lt. Colonel Tim Spicer OBE, Head of Strategic Consulting International, Mr Michael Bilton, and Mr David Stewart Howitt, Global Dimensions Programme, London School of Economics
13 June 2002	The Green Paper on Private Military Companies Dr Denis MacShane MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
18 June 2002	The Inter-Governmental Conference 2004 Ms Gisela Stuart MP, and Rt Hon David Heathcoat-Amory MP
19 June 2002	Gibraltar Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Mr James Bevan, Director, South-East Europe and Gibraltar, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Seville European Council Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Mr Kim Darroch, Director, European Union, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
16 July 2002	FCO Annual Report Sir Michael Jay KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Mr Peter Collecott CMG, Chief Clerk, Mr Simon Gass CMG, Director of Resources and Mr Alan Charlton CMG, Director of Personnel, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
25 September 2002	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Edward Chaplin, Director, Middle East/North Africa, Mr William Ehrman, Director, International Security, and Dr David Kelly, Adviser to Non-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
22 October 2002	Biological Weapons Green Paper Mr Tim Dowse, Head, Non-Proliferation Department, and Mr Patrick Lamb, Deputy Head, Non-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
24 October 2002	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Dr John Chipman, Director, Mr Steven Simon, Assistant Director and Dr Gary Samore, Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, International Institute of Strategic Studies; Professor Ian Brownlie CBE, QC, FBA, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, London School of Economics; and Lord Wright of Richmond GCMG, and Sir Harold Walker KCMG.
28 October 2002	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Political Director, and Mr Tim Dowse, Head, Non-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Session 2002-03

14 November 2002	Prague NATO Summit Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Political Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Air Commodore Dick Lacy, NATO Director, Ministry of Defence
10 December 2002	Copenhagen European Council Dr Denis MacShane, Minister for Europe, Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Political Director and Mr Simon Featherstone, Head, European Union Department (External), Foreign and Commonwealth Office
7 January 2003	Human Rights Annual Report 2002 Ms Kate Allen, Director, Mr Tim Hancock, Parliamentary Officer, Amnesty International and Mr Steven Crawshaw, Director, London Office, Human Rights Watch
21 January 2003	Zimbabwe Mr Peter Longworth CMG, Former High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, Ms Georgina Godwin, SW Radio Africa, and Mr Joe Winter, BBC World Service
28 January 2003	Human Rights Annual Report 2002 Mr Bill Rammell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ms Philippa Drew, Director, Global Issues, and Mr Jon Benjamin, Head, Human Rights Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
4 February 2003	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Sir Michael Jay KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Mr Dickie Stagg CMG, Director, Information, Mr Rob Macaire, Head, Counter Terrorism Policy Department, and Mr Edward Chaplin CMG, Director, Middle East/North Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
11 February 2003	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Dr Ali Ansari, Lecturer, University of Durham; Mr Steven Crawshaw, Director and Ms Elahé Sharifpour-Hicks, Researcher on Iran, Human Rights Watch; and Dr Gary Samore, Director of Studies, International Institute for Strategic Studies
27 February 2003	Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2001, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Mr Tim Dowse, Head of Non-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
4 March 2003	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Director General, Political, and Mr Rob Macaire, Head, Counter Terrorism Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

25 March 2003	Zimbabwe Baroness Amos, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Dr Andrew Pocock, Head, Africa Department (Southern), and Mr Tony Brennan, Head, Zimbabwe Section, Africa Department (Southern), Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1 April 2003	Inter-Governmental Conference 2004 Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for Wales, Government Representative on the Convention, and Mr Kim Darroch CMG, Director, European Union, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Britain and the European Union Dr Denis MacShane MP, Minister of State for Europe, and Mr Kim Darroch CMG, Director, European Union, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2 April 2003	The Government's proposals for secondary legislation under the Export Control Act Mr Mike McLaughlin, Head of Government Relations, Rolls Royce Plc, Mr David Hayes, Export Control Manager, Goodrich Corporation, Mr Tim Otter, Vice-President, Business Development Smiths Detection, and Mr Brinley Salzmann, Exports Director, Defence Manufacturers' Association, British Defence Manufacturers' Export Licensing Group; Mr Andy McLean, Head of Communications, Saferworld, and Ms Julia Saunders, Policy Adviser on Conflict and Arms, Oxfam, UK Working Group on Arms
3 April 2003	The Government's proposals for secondary legislation under the Export Control Act Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Mr Glyn Williams, Director, Export Control Organisation, Department of Trade and Industry
29 April 2003	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Director General, Political, and Mr Edward Oakden CMG, Director, International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
3 June 2003	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Ms Jane Corbin, BBC Journalist, Professor Paul Wilkinson, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, and Mr Fergal Keane, BBC Special Correspondent
10 June 2003	Thessaloniki European Council Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, Mr Kim Darroch CMG, Director General, European Union, and Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Director General, Political, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
17 June 2003	The Decision to go to War in Iraq Rt Hon Robin Cook MP; and Rt Hon Clare Short MP Dr Gary Samore, International Institute for Strategic Studies,
18 June 2003	The Decision to go to War in Iraq Dr Thomas David Inch OBE, former Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Porton Down, and former Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry; and Mr Terence Taylor, President and Executive Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies-US Dame Pauline Neville Jones, former Political Director and Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
19 June 2003	The Decision to go to War in Iraq Mr Andrew Gilligan, BBC Defence Correspondent, and Mr Mark Damazer, BBC Deputy Director of News Mr Andrew Wilkie, former Senior Adviser to the Australian Prime Minister; and Dr Ibrahim al-Marashi, Research Associate at the Centre for Non-Proliferation Studies
24 June 2003	The Decision to go to War in Iraq Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, Sir Michael Jay KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, and Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Director General, Political, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Sir Michael Jay KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, and Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Director General, Political, Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO Annual Report 2003 Sir Michael Jay KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Mr Peter Collecott CMG, Director General, Corporate Affairs, Mr Simon Gass CMG, Director, Resources, and Mr Alan Charlton, Director, Personnel, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
25 June 2003	The Decision to go to War in Iraq Mr Alastair Campbell, Director of Communications and Strategy, 10 Downing Street
27 June 2003	The Decision to go to War in Iraq Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, Mr Peter Ricketts CMG, Director General, Political, and Mr William Ehrman CMG, Director General, Defence/Intelligence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
15 July 2003	The Decision to go to War in Iraq Dr David Kelly, Special Adviser to the Director, Counter-proliferation and arms control, Ministry of Defence
17 July 2003	The Decision to go to War in Iraq Mr Andrew Gilligan, Defence Correspondent, BBC Radio 4 Today programme

14 October 2003	FCO Annual Report 2003 Mr Peter Collecot, Director General, Corporate Affairs, Mr Julian Metcalfe, Head, Estate Strategy Unit, and Mr David Coates, Estate Modernisation Manager, Estate Strategy Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
4 November 2003	Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Nomi Bar-Yaacov, International Institute for Strategic Studies; Dana Allin and Jonathan Stevenson, International Institute for Strategic Studies; and Nick Pelham, The Economist and Financial Times, and Peter David, Foreign Editor, The Economist

Session 2003-04

2 December 2003	Iran Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, and Mr Edward Chaplin, Director, Middle East and North Africa Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, Mr John Sawers CMG, Director-General, Political, Mr Edward Chaplin, Director, Middle East and North Africa Directorate, and Mr Edward Oakden CMG, Director, International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
9 December 2003	South Africa Professor James Barber, University of Cambridge, Professor David Simon, University of London; and Mr Jesmond Blumenfeld, Brunel University, and Mr Alastair Fraser, Action for Southern Africa
11 December 2003	Italian European Council Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, Mr Kim Darroch CMG, Director-General EU Policy, and Mr John Sawers CMG, Director-General Political, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Prepared 22 January 2004