Annex 4
Oral evidence sessions
During 2007 the Committee held 26 oral evidence sessions.
The evidence listed below is available on the Committee's website,
www.parliament.uk/facom.
| 11 January 2007 | Iraq
Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Foreign Secretary, and Mr Nigel Casey, Head of Iraq Policy Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and Rt Hon Des Browne MP, Secretary of State for Defence and Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup GCB, Chief of Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence
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| 23 January 2007 | South Asia
Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Foreign Secretary, Richard Codrington, Head, Afghan Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Antony Stokes, Head, South Asia Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 24 January 2007 | Human Rights
Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK, Tom Porteus, London Director, Human Rights Watch
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| 31 January 2007 | South Asia
Dr Matthew J Nelson, School of Oriental and African Studies; Dr Gareth Price, Chatham House; and Mr Michael Griffin, journalist and author
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| 7 February 2007 | Human Rights
Ian McCartney, Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs, Susan Hyland, Head, Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group and Stuart Adam, Head, Public Policy and Licensing Team, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 26 February 2007 | Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report
Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service, Dickie Stagg, Director-General Change and Delivery, Keith Luck, Director General Finance and David Warren, Director Human Resources, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 28 February 2007 | Global Security: The Middle East
Simon McDonald CMG, Director, Iraq, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dr Peter Gooderham, Director, Middle East and North Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 7 March 2007 | Global Security: The Middle East
Nadim Shehadi, Chatham House, Patrick Seale, Author, Consultant and Syndicated Columnist, Dr Ali Ansari, St Andrews University and Professor Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University
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| 14 March 2007 | Global Security: The Middle East
Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister of State for the Middle East, Simon McDonald CMG, Director, Iraq and Dr Peter Gooderham, Director, Middle East and North Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 28 April 2007 | Global Security: Russia
Dr Roy Allison, London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor Margot Light, London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr Alex Pravda, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Dr Derek Averre, University of Birmingham, Katinka Barysch, Centre for European Reform and Jackie Gower, Kings College London
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| 2 May 2007 | Global Security: Iran
Sir Richard Dalton KCMG, Ambassador to Iran 2002-06, and Dr. Rosemary Hollis, Director of Research, Chatham House
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| 16 May 2007 | Global Security: Russia
Anne Aldis, Head, Conflict Studies Research Centre, UK Defence Academy, Professor Yury Fedorov, Chatham House, John Roberts, energy security specialist, Platts, Professor Bill Bowring, School of Law, Birbeck College, University of London, David Clark, Chairman, Russia Foundation and Andrew Monaghan, Senior Research Associate, Conflict Studies Research Centre, UK Defence Academy , and consultant to NATO Defence College, Rome
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| 23 May 2007 | Global Security: Iran
Dr. Ali Ansari, Reader, School of History, University of St Andrews, Dr. Frank Barnaby, Nuclear Issues Consultant, Oxford Research group, Lord Triesman of Tottenham, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Neil Crompton, Iran Co-ordinator, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 19 June 2007 | Developments in the EU
Rt. hon. Margaret Beckett MP, Foreign Secretary, Patrick Reilly, Head, Future of Europe Group, Anthony Smith, Director, European Union, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 27 June 2007 | Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report
Lord Kinnock, Chair, Martin Davidson, Chief Executive and Margaret Mayne, Director of Finance, British Council
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| 4 July 2007 | Global Security: Iran
Lord Archer of Sandwell QC
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| 17 July 2007 | Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG KBE, Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG, Diplomatic Service (1968-2006)
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| 18 July 2007 | Global Security: Russia
Mr Jim Murphy MP, Minister for Europe, Michael Davenport, Director, Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Directorate and Damian Thwaites, Deputy Head, Russia Section, Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 12 September 2007 | Developments in the EU
Mr Jim Murphy MP, Minister for Europe, Ms Shan Morgan, Director, EU and Ms Shelagh Brooks, Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 10 October 2007 | Developments in the EU
Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Foreign Secretary, Shan Morgan, Director EU, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Mr Mike Thomas, Legal Counsellor - Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office:
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| 21 November 2007 | Developments in the EU
Mr Graham Avery, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, Professor Christopher Hill, University of Cambridge and Professor Richard G. Whitman, University of Bath
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| 28 November 2007 | Global Security: Iran
Dr Kim Howells MP, Minister for State, Antony Phillipson, Iran Coordinator and Paul Arkwright, Head of Counter Proliferation, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| 3 December 2007 | Overseas Territories
The Hon Ralph O'Neal, Premier, British Virgin Islands and The Hon Kurt Tibbetts, Leader of Government Business, Cayman Islands, Councillor Mike Summers OBE, Falkland Islands, Leslie Jaques OBE, Commissioner, Pitcairn Islands, and The Hon Brian W. Isaac, Member of the Executive Council, St Helena; and The Hon Osbourne Fleming, Chief Minister, Anguilla, Dr The Hon Lowell Lewis, Chief Minister, Montserrat, and Dr The Hon Michael E Misick, Premier, Turks and Caicos Islands
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| 5 December 2007 | Developments in the EU
Rt Hon the Lord Owen CH
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| 12 December 2007 | Developments in the EU
Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Foreign Secretary, Shan Morgan, Director Europe, Paul Berman, Legal Adviser and Martin Shearman, Head of CFSP, Europe Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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