20 FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 12 July 2010.
| Members
Ottaway, Richard (Chair)
Ainsworth, Mr Bob (added 2.11.10)
Baron, John
Campbell, Sir Menzies
Clwyd, Ann
Gapes, Mike
Reynolds, Emma (discharged 2.11.10)
Rosindell, Andrew
Roy, Frank
Stanley, Sir John
Stewart, Rory
Watts, Dave
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
67 out of 67
52 out of 61
56 out of 67
45 out of 67
51 out of 67
62 out of 67
3 out of 6
54 out of 67
52 out of 67
56 out of 67
57 out of 67
57 out of 67
83.0 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 67 |
Of which:
| |
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 41 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 3 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 26 |
| Other activities |
|
| Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 114 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Dr Sibylle Bauers1, Dr Douglas Guilfoyle,
and Rear Admiral David Snelson CB
1 Adviser to the
Committees on Arms Export Controls
Witnesses
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers | 6
|
| Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers)
| 7 |
| Members of the House of Commons (other than Ministers)
| 2 |
| Members of the House of Lords
| 4 |
| Number of appearances by officials or representatives of:
| |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 12 |
| Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
| 1 |
| Ministry of Defence |
3 |
| Number of appearances by officials from or representatives of public bodies and non- Ministerial departments comprising:
| |
| BBC Trust | 1
|
| BBC World Service | 4
|
| British Council | 2
|
| UK Trade & Investment
| 2 |
| European Commission |
1 |
| Appearances by other witnesses:
| 55 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 23-28.10.10 | Afghanistan and Pakistan
| Ottaway, Gapes, Rosindell, Roy, Stanley, Stewart, Watts
| 2 | Inquiry into The UK's foreign policy approach to Afghanistan and Pakistan
| £34,758 |
| 13-18.2.11 | New York City and Washington D.C.
| Ottaway, Ainsworth, Baron, Clwyd, Gapes, Rosindell, Roy, Stanley, Stewart, Watts
| 2 | Inquiry into Developments in UK Foreign Policy
| £44,932 |
| 31.3-1.4.11 | GenevaA
| Stanley |
| Partnership for Peace Workshop
| £1,095 |
| 5-6.5.11 | BudapestA
| Ottaway | 1
| Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairmen
| £1,124 |
| 11-17.6.11 | Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo
| Ottaway, Ainsworth, Stanley, Watts
| 2 | Inquiry into UK-Brazil Relations
| £43,464 |
| 6.9.11 | WarsawA
| Gapes |
| Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairmen
| £583 |
| 13.10.11 | ParisA
| Ottaway |
| Speech to the English-Speaking Union in the Assemblée Nationale
| £445 |
| 30.10-3.11.11 | Ankara and Istanbul
| Ottaway, Gapes, Rosindell, Roy, Stewart, Watts
| 2 | Inquiry into UK-Turkey Relations and Turkey's Regional Role
| £15,154 |
| 26.2-2.3.12 | Cairo, Tunis, and Tripoli
| Ottaway,
Clwyd, Gapes, Rosindell, Roy,
Stanley,
Stewart
| 2 | Inquiry into British Foreign Policy and the 'Arab Spring': the transition to democracy
| £22,780 |
| 11-12.3.12 | CopenhagenA
| Gapes |
| Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairmen
| £533 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 14-15.9.10 | Brussels
| Ottaway, Baron, Gapes, Rosindell
| 2 | Inquiry into EU Enlargement and Foreign Policy
| £3,658 |
| 12-14.9.11 | Brussels
| Ottaway, Ainsworth, Clwyd, Gapes, Rosindell, Roy, Watts
| 2 | Inquiry into EU Enlargement and Foreign Policy
| £7,420 |
| 24.1.12 | BrusselsA
| Gapes | 1
| European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee - debate on "The Arab revolution"
| £663 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 25.1.11 | BBC World Service, Broadcasting House
| Ottaway, Baron, Clwyd, Gapes, Roy, Watts
| 2 | Inquiry into FCO Performance and Finances
| £12 |
| 10.5.11 | Olympic Park, London
| Ottaway, Gapes, Stanley
| 3 | Inquiry into FCO Public Diplomacy: The Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012
| Nil |
| 30.6.11 | Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), Northwood
| Ottaway, Gapes, Stanley
| 2 | Inquiry into Piracy off the coast of Somalia
| Nil |
| 7.2.12 | Old Admiralty Building, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
| Ottaway, Ainsworth, Baron, Campbell, Gapes, Roy, Stanley, Stewart, Watts
| 4 | FCO briefing on Falkland Islands and Pakistan
| £18 |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: Future inter-parliamentary scrutiny of EU foreign, defence and security policy
| 697 | 18.1.11
| Not applicable |
| Second Report: FCO Public Diplomacy: The Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012
| 581 | 6.2.11
| Cm 8059, published 8.4.11
|
| Third Report: FCO Performance and Finances
| 572 | 11.2.11
| Cm 8060, published 26.5.11
|
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: FCO Performance and Finances
| | 11.2.11
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Report: The UK's foreign policy approach to Afghanistan and Pakistan
| 514 | 2.3.11
| Cm 8064, published 4.5.11
|
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: The UK's foreign policy approach to Afghanistan and Pakistan
| | 2.3.11
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Report: Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2011): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2009, Quarterly Reports for 2010, licensing policy and review of export control legislationA
| 686 | 5.4.11
| Cm 8079, published 7.7.11
|
| Sixth Report: The Implications of Cuts to the BBC World Service
| 849 | 13.4.11
| Received 17.5.11: published as Second Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Implications of Cuts to the BBC World Service
| | 13.4.11
| Not applicable |
| Seventh Report: The Role of the FCO in UK Government
| 665 | 12.5.11
| Cm 8125, published 12.7.11
|
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Role of the FCO in UK Government
| | 12.5.11
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Report: The FCO's Human Rights Work 2010-11
| 964 | 20.7.11
| Cm 8169, published 14.9.11
|
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: The FCO's Human Rights Work 2010-11
| | 20.7.11
| Not applicable |
| Ninth Report: UK-Brazil Relations
| 949 | 18.10.11
| Cm 8237, published 15.12.11
|
| Tenth Report: Piracy off the coast of Somalia
| 1318 | 5.1.12
| Cm 8324, published 19.3.12
|
| Eleventh Report: Departmental Annual Report 2010-11
| 1618 | 13.4.12
| Awaited |
| Twelfth Report: UK-Turkey relations and Turkey's regional role
| 1567 | 4.4.12
| Awaited |
| First Special Report: Turks and Caicos Islands: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2009-10
| 623 | 29.11.10
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: The Implications of Cuts to the BBC World Service: Responses from the Government and the BBC to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1058 | 17.5.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Developments in UK Foreign Policy
| 438-i | 20.1.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Developments in UK Foreign Policy
| 881-i | 23.5.11
| Not applicable |
| Written evidence published on the Internet: British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring': the transition to democracy
| | 30.11.11
| Not applicable |
| Written evidence published on the Internet: The role and future of the Commonwealth
| | 7.2.12
| Not applicable |
| Written evidence published on the Internet: FCO's Human Rights Work 2010-11
| | 13.03.12
| Not applicable |
| Written evidence published on the Internet: The Implications of Cuts to the BBC World Service
| | 7.7.11
| Not applicable |
| Written evidence published on the Internet: Overseas territories
| | 28.06.11
| Not applicable |
| Written evidence published on the Internet: Miscellaneous Matters
| | 2.11.10
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Developments in UK Foreign Policy
| 1471-i | 31.10.11
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: EU Enlargement and Foreign Policy
| 1642-i | 12.1.12
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence published on the Internet: British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring': the transition to democracy
| 1672-i | 20.1.12
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence published on the Internet: British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring': the transition to democracy
| 1672-ii | 20.1.12
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence published on the Internet: British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring': the transition to democracy
| 1672-iii | 12.3.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring': the transition to democracy
| 1672-iv | 22.3.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring': the transition to democracy
| 1672-v | 23.4.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role and future of the Commonwealth
| 1810-i | 24.2.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role and future of the Commonwealth
| 1810-ii | 27.3.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The role and future of the Commonwealth
| 1810-iii | 26.4.12
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Developments in UK foreign policy
| 1879-i | 12.3.12
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Explanatory memoranda that accompany Government Estimates and related correspondence
| | 24.4.12
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: FCO Management Issues
| | 25.4.12
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: Miscellaneous Correspondence
| | 24.4.12
| Not applicable |
A First Joint Report with the Business, Innovation
and Skills, Defence, and International Development committees
Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10
Reply to the Committee's Seventh Report: Turks
and Caicos Islands, received 15.11.10 and published as the
Committee's First Special Report, Session 2010-12.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/foreign-affairs-committee/formal-minutes/.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 12.1.11 | One, on an amendment proposed to the Chair's draft Report on Future inter-parliamentary scrutiny of EU foreign, defence and security policy
|
| 9.2.11 | Eleven, on amendments proposed to the Chair's draft Report on The UK's foreign policy approach to Afghanistan and Pakistan
|
| 4.4.11 | Three, on amendments proposed to the Chair's draft Report on The Implications of Cuts to the BBC World Service
|
| 27.4.11 | Three, on amendments proposed to the Chair's draft Report on The Role of the FCO in UK Government
|
| 13.7.11 | One, on an amendment proposed to the Chair's draft Report on The FCO's Human Rights Work 2010-11
|
| 13.7.11 | One, on meeting time of Committee
|
| 20.3.12 | Two, on amendments proposed to the Chair's draft Report on the Departmental Annual Report 2010-11
|
Debates
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Eighth Report, Session 2010-11, The FCO's Human Rights Work
2010-12, HC 964, 26.1.12
The following Reports were debated in the House:
First Report, Session 2010-12, Future inter-parliamentary scrutiny
of EU foreign, defence and security policy, HC 697, 10.3.11
Sixth Report, Session 2010-12, The Implications of Cuts to
the BBC World Service, HC 849, 19.5.11
Fourth Report, Session 2010-12, The UK's foreign policy approach
to Afghanistan and Pakistan, HC 514, 6.7.11
The following Report was tagged on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
Tenth Report, Session 2010-12, Piracy off the coast of Somalia,
HC 1318, 9.2.12
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the
Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| British foreign policy and the 'Arab Spring': the transition to democracy
| 5 |
| Developments in UK Foreign Policy
| 4 |
| EU Enlargement and Foreign Policy
| 1 |
| FCO Performance and Finances
| 2 |
| Departmental Annual Report 2010-11
| 3 |
| FCO Public Diplomacy: The Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012
| 1 |
| Piracy off the coast of Somalia
| 4 |
| The FCO's Human Rights Work 2010-11
| 2 |
| The Implications of Cuts to the BBC World Service
| 1 |
| The role and future of the Commonwealth
| 3 |
| The Role of the FCO in UK Government
| 5 |
| The UK's foreign policy approach to Afghanistan and Pakistan
| 4 |
| UK-Brazil Relations |
3 |
| UK-Turkey Relations and Turkey's Regional Role
| 4 |
| Total | 42A
|
A
On one occasion the Committee's meeting comprised
two separate evidence sessions
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