Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1 November 2012.
Terms of Reference
Summary
Conclusions and recommendations
1 Introduction
2 The purpose of the Commonwealth
Overall purpose
The Commonwealth's key values
Commonwealth institutions
3 Promoting good governance and human rights in Commonwealth countries
4 Enhancing global status and influence
The potential of the Commonwealth
Promoting UK interests and influence
A cornerstone of foreign policy?
5 Developing and broadening opportunity
Enabling trade and investment
Education and Scholarships
6 The future membership of the Commonwealth
The status of the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
7 Conclusion
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
Oral and written evidence
Tuesday 21 February 2012: Senator Hugh Segal, Canadian Special Envoy for Commonwealth Renewal
Tuesday 27 March 2012: Professor Philip Murphy, Director, The Institute of Commonwealth Studies; Stuart Mole CVO OBE
Tuesday 24 April 2012: Ms Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group; Mr Mark Robinson, Chair (UK), Commonwealth Consortium for Education (CCfE); Dr Danny Sriskandarajah, Director, Royal Commonwealth Society
Tuesday 12 June 2012: Lord Howell of Guildford, Minister of State for the Commonwealth, and Kirsty Hayes, Head, International Organisations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Tuesday 19 June 2012: Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Tuesday 26 June 2012: Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Rifkind QC MP, Member, Eminent Persons Group
Written Evidence
