Foreign Affairs - Minutes of Evidence

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 November 2006.

Oral evidence

Taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee

on Wednesday 8 November 2006

Members present:

Mike Gapes, in the Chair

Mr Fabian Hamilton	Sandra Osborne
Rt hon David Heathcoat-Amory	Mr Ken Purchase
Mr John Horam	Rt hon Sir John Stanley
Mr Eric Illsley	Ms Gisela Stuart
Mr Paul Keetch	Richard Younger-Ross
Andrew Mackinlay

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[Relevant documents: Active Diplomacy for a Changing World: The UK's International Priorities (Cm 6762) and Active Diplomacy: updated highlights June 2006]

CONTENTS

Witnesses: Lord Hannay of Chiswick GCMG, CH, former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG, former Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Director of The Ditchley Foundation, and Matthew Kirk, former British Ambassador to Finland and Director of External Relationships, Vodafone, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-23

Written evidence submitted by Mr Carne Ross, Director, Independent Diplomat

Witness: Mr Carne Ross, Director, Independent Diplomat and former Foreign and Commonwealth Office official, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

24-39

40-59

60-62

Letter to Mr Carne Ross, Director, Independent Diplomat, from the Clerk of the Committee, dated 6 December 2006

Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from Mr Carne Ross, Director, Independent Diplomat, dated 6 December 2006

Supplementary evidence submitted by Mr Carne Ross, Director, Independent Diplomat

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Prepared 14 December 2006