Formal Minutes Session

House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2009 10

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 1 Proceedings of the Committee THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2009 The Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Defence Committee Mr David S. Borrow Mr David Crausby Mr Bernard Jenkin Foreign Affairs Committee Mike Gapes International Development Committee Malcolm Bruce Andrew Stunell 1. Chairman Mike Gapes was called to the Chair (Standing Order No. 137A(1)(d)). 2. Strategic Export Controls The Committees considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Strategic Export Controls be reported to the House (Standing Order No. 137A (1)(ba)) for publication on the internet: CAEC 01 to CAEC 05. [Foreign Affairs Committee adjourned till Wednesday 25 November at 2.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2009 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Mr Paul Keetch Andrew Mackinlay Mr Greg Pope Mr Ken Purchase

2 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 1. Visit to Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta 2. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 3. Visit to Brussels 4. Progress monitoring (past inquiries) 5. Draft Antarctic Bill Ordered, That the Chairman write to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 6. Future programme 7. Committees on Arms Export Controls 8. Work of the Committee in Session 2008 09 Draft Report (The Work of the Committee in 2008 09), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report of the Committee, HC 87 9. Inquiry into Developments in the EU 10. Overseas Territories (Pitcairn Island draft constitution) 11. Use of equipment supplied by the UK to the Sri Lankan Armed Forces 12. Petition The Committee considered the Petition to the House from constituents of Dr Vincent Cable, concerning Tamil civilian detainees in Sri Lanka, presented by Dr Vincent Cable on 12 November 2009.

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 3 13. Informal meetings [Adjourned till Wednesday 2 December at 2.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2009 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Andrew Mackinlay Sandra Osborne Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart 1. Publication of written evidence Ordered, That the following written evidence received by the Foreign Affairs Committee, be reported to the House for publication on the internet: FCO Annual Report 2008-09 Written Evidence DR 359 FCO Winter Supplementary Estimates 12.11.09 Memorandum DR 360 Letter from Sir Peter Ricketts, Permanent Under- 19.11.09 Secretary: FCO Departmental Report 2009-10 DR 361 NAO Briefing: Management of Exchange Rate Risk by the FCO 23.11.09 2. Informal meetings 3. British Council (alleged unfair dismissal) 4. Future programme 5. Global Security: UK-US Relations Nick Witney, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, gave oral evidence.

4 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 Stryker McGuire, Contributing Editor, Newsweek, and Justin Webb, journalist, BBC, gave oral evidence. Sir Jeremy Greenstock GCMG and Sir David Manning GCMG CVO, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Wednesday 9 December at 9.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2009 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Mr Paul Keetch Andrew Mackinlay Sandra Osborne Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart 1. Visit to Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta 2. Petition The Committee considered the Petition to the House from constituents of Mr Dominic Grieve, concerning Tamil civilian detainees in Sri Lanka, presented by Mr Dominic Grieve on 1 December 2009. 3. Informal meetings 4. FCO Annual Report 2008-09 Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG, Permanent Under-Secretary, James Bevan, Director General, Change and Delivery, and Keith Luck, Director General, Finance, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till this day at 2.00 p.m.

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 5 WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2009 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Mr Paul Keetch Andrew Mackinlay Sandra Osborne Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart 1. Visit to Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta 2. Freedom of Information 3. Developments in the EU Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Matthew Rycroft, Director EU, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Wednesday 16 December at 2.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2009 The Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Roger Berry Peter Luff Defence Committee Mr David S. Borrow Mr Bernard Jenkin Foreign Affairs Committee Mike Gapes International Development Committee John Battle Malcolm Bruce 1. Chairman Malcolm Bruce was called to the Chair (Standing Order No. 137A(1)(d)).

6 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 2. Strategic Export Controls The Committees considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Strategic Export Controls be reported to the House (Standing Order No. 137A (1)(ba)) for publication on the internet: CAEC 06 to CAEC 11. Mr David Hayes, Chairman, Export Group for Aerospace and Defence, Mr Brinley Salzmann, AeroSpace, Defence and Security Group (ADS), Mrs Susan Griffiths, MBDA Missile Systems, and Mr Barry Fletcher, Fletcher International Export Consultancy; Mr Oliver Sprague, Amnesty UK, Ms Katherine Nightingale, Oxfam GB, and Mr Roy Isbister, Saferworld, gave oral evidence. [Foreign Affairs Committee adjourned till this day at 2.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2009 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr Eric Illsley Andrew Mackinlay 1. Visit to Spain, Portugal, Malta and Cyprus 2. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 3. Freedom of Information (procedure) 4. Publication of written evidence Ordered, That the following written evidence received by the Foreign Affairs Committee, be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 7 FCO Annual Report 2008-09 Written Evidence DR 362 Letter from Sir Peter Ricketts, Permanent 03.12.09 Under-Secretary: FCO management issues round-up DR 364 Letter from Parliamentary Relations Unit, FCO: Conflict Prevention Pool and Stabilisation Aid Fund (SAF) 03.12.09 Developments in the EU Written Evidence EU 95 Letter to the Chairman from Radomir 14.09.09 Putnikovic: Kosovo graves (with copy of further letter attached) EU 105 Memorandum from the Secretary of State 03.12.09 for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Prospects for the European Council - Brussels, 10-11 December 2009 EU 107 Letter to the Chairman from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Western Balkans 06.12.09 Human Rights Written Evidence HR 190 Letter to the Chairman from the Secretary 04.07.09 of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Follow-up to evidence session on Human Rights on 16 June HR 191 Letter to the Chairman from Noemi Sanin 06.07.09 Posada, Colombian Ambassador in the UK HR 192 Free Tibet undated HR 193 Muttahida Quami Movement 03.08.09 HR 194 Letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign 17.08.09 and Commonwealth Affairs from the Chairman: Camp Ashraf, Iraq HR 195 Letter to the Chairman from the Secretary 6.09.09 of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Camp Ashraf, Iraq HR 198 Michael Peters 21.08.09 HR 199 Letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign 16.16.09 and Commonwealth Affairs from the Chairman: Camp Ashraf, Iraq follow-up HR 200 Letter to the Chairman from the Centre 21.09.09 for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS): Christians in Pakistan HR 201 Letter to the Chairman from Rt Revd 14.09.09 Michael Scott-Joynt, Bishop of Winchester: Overseas Territories constitutions HR 202 Letter to the Chairman from the Secretary 14.10.09 of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Camp Ashraf, Iraq HR 204 Letter to the Chairman from Yahiaoui Lamine Baali, POLISARIO Representative (Western Sahara) 26.10.09 Overseas Territories Written Evidence OT 392 Letter to the Chairman from Chris Bryant MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, FCO: Pitcairn Compensation Scheme 21.07.09

8 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 OT 394 E-mail from Ray Carbery, President of 27.07.09 Turks and Caicos Islands Olympic Committee OT 395 E-mail from Anne Wangeci Schofield, 22.07.09 Gibraltar OT 398 Letter to the Chairman from Chris Bryant 15.09.09 MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, FCO and letter to the Hon W McKeeva Bush: Guardian article re judges in the Cayman Islands OT 399 E-mail from Sarah Elson-Rogers 09.09.09 OT 401 Letter to the Chairman from Chris Bryant 15.09.09 MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, FCO: Pitcairn constitutional review OT 402 Letter to the Chairman from Anne 23.09.09 Schofield: Gibraltar judicial appointments OT 406 Correspondence from Parliamentary 03.11.09 Relations Team, FCO: Ascension Island Times article of 21 October OT 407 Letter to the Chairman from the Secretary 08.11.09 of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Marine Protected Area in the British Indian Ocean Territory OT 410 Letter from Chris Bryant MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, FCO: Recent developments in the Overseas Territories and Developments in the Turks and Caicos Islands since suspension of parts of Constitution 30.11.09 5. Future programme 6. Global Security: UK-US Relations Mr Ivan Lewis MP, Minister of State, and Mr John Rankin, Director, Americas, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Wednesday 6 January at 2.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY 6 JANUARY 2010 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr John Horam Mr Paul Keetch Andrew Mackinlay Sandra Osborne Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 9 1. Visit to Spain, Portugal, Malta and Cyprus 2. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 3. Future programme 4. Inquiry into the FCO s Annual Report 2008 09 5. Inquiry into Global Security: UK-US Relations 6. Petition The Committee considered the Petition to the House from members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the UK and others, concerning the need for an independent judicial inquiry into the deaths of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Abdullah Ghaderi-Azar and Fadhil Rassoul in Vienna in 1989, presented by Bob Spink on 15 December 2009. 7. Informal meetings 8. Committees on Arms Export Controls 9. Select Committees in a new Parliament 10. Overseas Territories (St. Helena airport) [Adjourned till Wednesday 13 January at 2.00 p.m.

10 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY 2010 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr Eric Illsley Andrew Mackinlay Sandra Osborne Mr Greg Pope Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart 1. Visit to Spain, Portugal, Malta and Cyprus 2. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 3. Future programme 4. Publication of written evidence Ordered, That the following written evidence received by the Foreign Affairs Committee, be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan Written Evidence GS(Afg) 27 Letter to the Chairman from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 04.01.10 Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Written Evidence GSME 17 E-mail from Greg Wilkinson: West Bank dates 23.10.09 Global Security: Non-Proliferation Written Evidence GS(NP) 87 Letter from Brinley Salzmann, Secretary, 22.05.09 Export Group for Aerospace and Defence - Follow-up information GS(NP) 89 Letter from the Secretary of State for 08.08.09 Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Road to 2010 GS(NP) 90 E-mail from Lady Kennett 24.8.09 GS(NP) 91 Letter from Tessa Jowell MP and Chairman s reply: Road to 2010 01.01.09 and 16.09.09

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 11 GS(NP) 92 GS(NP) 93 GS(NP) 94 GS(NP) 95 GS(NP) 96 Letter to the Chairman from Alec Gaines, United Nations Association Edinburgh Branch (with resolution) Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Arms Trade Treaty Letter from Valentine Madojemu, Desk Officer, (Biological Weapons Convention), FCO: Biological Weapons Convention Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Letter from Ivan Lewis MP, Minister of State, FCO: Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) 10.09.09 16.10.09 10.11.09 23.11.09 26.11.09 Previously Unpublished Written Evidence MISC 104 Letter from Mr Mohammad Sarwar MP, 21.10.09 Chairman, Scottish Affairs Committee: Inquiry into Scotland and the UK cooperation and communication between governments MISC 105 Correspondence between the Chairman and Chris Bryant MP, Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State, FCO: Draft Antarctic Bill 30.11.09 and 14.12.09 5. Overseas Territories 6. Informal consideration of Chairman s draft Report on the Work of the British Council 2008 09 7. Informal consideration of Chairman s draft Report on the Work of the BBC World Service 2008 09 8. Informal meetings 9. Turbine in Afghanistan [Adjourned till Wednesday 27 January at 2.00 p.m.

12 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 2010 The Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Roger Berry Peter Luff Defence Committee Mr David Crausby Mr Bernard Jenkin Foreign Affairs Committee Mr David Heathcoat- Amory International Development Committee John Battle Malcolm Bruce Richard Burden Andrew Stunell 1. Chairman Roger Berry was called to the Chair (Standing Order No. 137A(1)(d)). 2. Strategic Export Controls The Committees considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Strategic Export Controls be reported to the House (Standing Order No. 137A (1)(ba)) for publication on the internet: CAEC 07a, 08a and O8b. Mr Ivan Lewis MP, Minister of State, Mr David Hall, Deputy Head, Counter Proliferation Department (Strategic Export Controls), and Mr David Vincent, Head of Arms Trade Unit, Counter Proliferation Department, gave oral evidence. [Foreign Affairs Committee adjourned till this day at 2.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 2010 Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Mr Paul Keetch Andrew Mackinlay Sandra Osborne Mr Greg Pope Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 13 1. January visits 2. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 3. Overseas Territories 4. Turbine in Afghanistan 5. Academic Technology Approval Scheme 6. The Work of the British Council 2008 09 Draft Report (The Work of the British Council 2008 09), proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Second Report of the Committee, HC 333. 7. The Work of the BBC World Service 2008 09 Draft Report [The Work of the BBC World Service 2008 09], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report will be published in the Third Report of the Committee, HC 334. 8. Petition The Committee considered the Petition to the House from constituents of Mr Paul Goodman and others in relation to the living conditions of Tamil civilians living in military run camps in Sri Lanka, presented by Mr Paul Goodman on 14 January 2010. 9. Informal meetings 10. European External Action Service [Adjourned till Wednesday 3 February at 2.00 p.m.

14 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 Monday 18 Thursday 21 January 2010 The Chairman, Mr John Horam and Sandra Osborne visited Spain and Portugal in connection with the Committee s inquiry into Developments in the European Union, in accordance with the Committee s decision of 3 June 2009. Monday 18 Thursday 21 January 2010 Mr Fabian Hamilton, Mr Eric Illsley, Mr Paul Keetch, Andrew Mackinlay, Mr Malcolm Moss, Mr Greg Pope, Mr Ken Purchase, and Ms Gisela Stuart visited Malta and Cyprus in connection with the Committee s inquiry into Developments in the European Union, in accordance with the Committee s decision of 3 June 2009. WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2010 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Mr Paul Keetch Sandra Osborne Mr Greg Pope Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart 1. Travel in a representative capacity Resolved, That the Chairman and a member of the Committee staff have leave to visit Madrid for the purpose of attending in a representative capacity a meeting of Chairmen of EU Foreign Affairs Committees on 25 and 26 February. 2. Future programme 3. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 4. Visit to Malta and Cyprus

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 15 5. Petition The Committee considered the Petition to the House from residents of Bristol and others in relation to an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza in December 2008/January 2009, presented by Stephen Williams on 26 January 2010. 6. Informal meetings [Adjourned till Wednesday 24 February at 10.00 a.m. WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2010 MORNING SITTING Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley In the temporary absence of the Chairman, was called to the Chair for part of the meeting. Informal consideration of Chairman s draft Report on Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2008 09 [Adjourned till this day at 2.00 p.m. Monday 8 Thursday 11 February 2010 The Chairman, Mr Fabian Hamilton, Mr John Horam, Andrew Mackinlay, Mr Malcolm Moss, Sandra Osborne, Mr Greg Pope, Mr Ken Purchase and visited Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in connection with the Committee s inquiry into Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in accordance with the Committee s decision of 21 October 2009.

16 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2010 AFTERNOON SITTING Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Mr Paul Keetch Andrew Mackinlay Mr Greg Pope 1. Visit to Brussels 2. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 3. Global Security 4. Reduction in size of select committees 5. Informal meetings 6. Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Miss Karen Pierce CMG, Director, South Asia and Afghanistan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Wednesday 3 March at 2.00 p.m.

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 17 Wednesday 3 March 2010 The Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Roger Berry Lembit Öpik Defence Committee Mr David S. Borrow Mr Bernard Jenkin Foreign Affairs Committee Mike Gapes International Development Committee John Battle Andrew Stunell 1. Chairman Roger Berry was called to the Chair (Standing Order No. 137A(1)(d)). 2. Strategic Export Controls The Committees considered this matter. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Strategic Export Controls be reported to the House (Standing Order No. 137A (1)(ba)) for publication on the internet: CAEC 14 to CAEC 17. [Foreign Affairs Committee adjourned till this day at 2.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY 3 MARCH 2010 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Sandra Osborne Mr Greg Pope Mr Ken Purchase 1. Publication of written evidence Ordered, That the following written evidence received by the Foreign Affairs Committee, be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

18 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan Written Evidence GS(Afg) 28 Memorandum from the FCO: written update on Afghanistan and Pakistan 18.02.10 Global Security: UK-US Relations Written Evidence GS (UK-US) 19 GS (UK-US) 20 GS (UK-US) 21 GS (UK-US) 22 Written submission from Professor Norman Dombey, University of Sussex Letter to the Chairman from Mr Ivan Lewis MP, Minister of State, FCO: Follow up to 16 December evidence session Letter to the Chairman from Mr Ivan Lewis MP, Minister of State, FCO: Further follow up to 16 December evidence session Submission from FCO: UK-US co-operation on piracy off the coast of Somalia 02.11.09 08.01.10 29.01.10 16.02.10 FCO Annual Report 2008-09 Written Evidence DR 376 FCO Spring Supplementary Estimate 2009-10 10.02.10 Previously Unpublished Written Evidence MISC 106 Letter to the Chairman from Ian Lucas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Conflict in Sri Lanka 31.12.09 2. Informal consideration of Chairman s draft Report on Global Security: UK-US Relations 3. Informal meetings 4. End of Parliament [Adjourned till Wednesday 10 March at 2.00 p.m. Monday 1 Tuesday 2 March 2010 The Chairman, Mr David Heathcoat-Amory, Mr John Horam, Mr Eric Illsley, Andrew Mackinlay and visited Brussels in connection with the Committee s inquiry into Developments in the European Union, in accordance with the Committee s decision of 4 November 2009.

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 19 WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH 2010 The Business, Innovation and Skills, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Roger Berry Mr Michael Clapham Lembit Öpik Foreign Affairs Committee Mike Gapes Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat- Amory International Development Committee John Battle Richard Burden Andrew Stunell 1. Chair Roger Berry was called to the Chair (Standing Order No. 137A(1)(d)). 2. Strategic Export Controls The Committees considered this matter. Draft Report (Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2010): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2008, Quarterly Reports for 2009, licensing policy and review of export control legislation), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read (Standing Order No. 137A (1)(c)). The draft Report was agreed to; the formal minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Joint Report of the Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees, Session 2009 10, HC 202. [Foreign Affairs Committee adjourned till this day at 2.00 p.m.

20 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH 2010 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Mr Paul Keetch Andrew Mackinlay Mr Greg Pope Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart 1. Detention of Dr Ejup Ganić 2. Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan 3. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 4. Visit to Brussels 5. UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham 6. Informal meetings 7. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2008 09 Draft Report [Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2008 09], proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report will be published in the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC 145. 8. Future programme [Adjourned till Wednesday 17 March at 2.00 p.m.

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 21 WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH 2010 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr David Heathcoat-Amory Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Andrew Mackinlay Sandra Osborne Mr Greg Pope Mr Ken Purchase Ms Gisela Stuart 1. Visit to Brussels 2. Publication of written evidence Ordered, That the following written evidence received by the Foreign Affairs Committee, be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Human Rights Written Evidence HR 205 HR 206 HR 207 Written submission from Sujit Sen, Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council Correspondence between the Chair and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Ms Aminatou Haidar High Commission for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 15.12.09 16.12.09 and 05.01.10 31.12.09 HR 208 Human Rights in Asia 16.12.09 HR 209 Human Rights in Asia 18.01.10 HR 210 Kenya Human Rights Commission 20.01.10 HR 211 Embassy of The Kingdom of Morocco London 18.01.10 HR 213 Letter to the Chair from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: HR Report follow-up 28.01.10 HR 214 Nasir Saeed, CLAAS Coordinator 08.02.10 Developments in the European Union Written Evidence EU 118 Letter from Catherine Ashton: EEAS 22.02.10 EU 119 Letter and supporting documents from Giorgi Badridze, Georgian Ambassador: The State 04.02.10

22 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 Strategy of the Government of Georgia on Occupied Territories EU 120 EU 126 Letter to the Chair from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Malta and Cyprus Letter to the Chair from Beriz Belkic, Deputy Chair, House of Representatives, Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.02.10 05.03.10 3. Future programme 4. Human Rights 5. Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe 6. Informal meetings 7. Turks and Caicos Islands 8. Global Security: UK-US Relations Draft Report [Global Security: UK-US Relations], proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report will be published in the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 114. [Adjourned till Wednesday 24 March at 4.00 p.m.

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 23 WEDNESDAY 24 MARCH 2010 Sir Menzies Campbell Mr Fabian Hamilton Mr John Horam Mr Eric Illsley Mr Paul Keetch Andrew Mackinlay Sandra Osborne Mr Greg Pope Mr Ken Purchase 1. Publication of written evidence Ordered, That the following written evidence received by the Foreign Affairs Committee, be reported to the House for publication on the internet: BBC World Service Written Evidence WS 09 E-mail from Julia Harris, BBC World Service: Diversion of aid money for Ethiopia 11.03.10 Global Security Written Evidence GS 80 GS 81 Letter to the Chair from Ivan Lewis MP, Minister of State, FCO: Sunday Telegraph article: FCO wants convicted Islamists taken off terror list Letter to the Chair from Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury: Terrorist asset freezing: public consultation 15.03.10 18.03.10 Global Security: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Written Evidence GSME 21 GSME 22 GSME 23 Letter to the Chair from Ivan Lewis MP, Minister of State, FCO: Follow-up to Government Response to Committee s Report Letter to the Chair from Rt Hon Tony Blair: Developments in the West Bank Letter to the Chair from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Response to questions raised following the Committee s visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian territories 02.02.10 02.02.10 20.03.10 Global Security: Non-Proliferation Written Evidence GS(NP) 99 Letter from the Parliamentary Relations Team, FCO: Global Security: Non-Proliferation 15.02.10

24 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 GS(NP) 100 Letter to the Chair from Chris Bryant MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, FCO: Convention on Cluster Munitions 24.02.10 Human Rights Written Evidence HR 216 HR 217 HR 219 HR 220 E-mail to the Chair from OSCE NGO Coalition and attached paper from 41 NGOs: Proposal to hold an OSCE summit in Kazakhstan in 2010 Letter to the Chair from Mukhtar Ablyazov: The UK position on Kazakhstan Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Bahá í community in Iran Written evidence from Western Sahara Campaign UK 11.03.10 09.03.10 18.03.10 22.03.10 Overseas Territories Written Evidence OT 412 OT 413 OT 414 Letter from Chris Bryant MP, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO: The Pitcairn Constitution Order 2010 Letter and court judgment from Chuck Hesse, CEO, PRIDE, Ltd: Protection of TCI Letter from Chris Bryant MP, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO: Overseas Territories and Bermuda General Entrustment 14.12.09 11.01.10 12.01.10 OT 415 Submission from Chief Minister, Gibraltar 14.01.10 OT 417 OT 418 OT 419 OT 421 OT 422 OT 423 OT 424 OT 425 OT 426 FCO briefing on Sites of Community Importance (SCIs) Submission from Shaun Malcolm, Former Chairman, People s Democratic Movement, TCI Letter from Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP, Secretary of State for Defence: Property tax on Ascension Island Letter to Mr Colin Roberts, Director, Overseas Territories, FCO, from Shaun Malcolm & Gurcharan Singh: FCO meeting Letter from Chris Bryant MP, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO: Pitcairn Constitutional Review Submission from the Mauritius High Commission: UK proposal for the establishment of a marine protected area around the Chagos Archipelago Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Marine Protected Area in the British Indian Ocean Territories E-mail from Ben Roberts, Turks and Caicos Islands Letter from Chris Bryant MP, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO: Anguilla 14.01.10 12.01.10 25.01.10 29.01.10 03.02.10 January 2010 11.02.10 16.02.10 12.02.10

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 25 OT 427 OT 429 OT 430 OT 435 OT 436 OT 438 Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British Indian Ocean Territories Letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Gibraltar Territorial Waters and site of Community Importance (SCI) E-mail from Rowland Hull: Turks and Caicos Islands Written evidence from Ben Roberts, Turks and Caicos Islands Letter from Sukey Cameron, Representative, Falkland Islands Government: Government s position on oil exploration in Falkland Islands Waters E-mail from Lanze Gardiner, Turks and Caicos Islands 23.02.10 25.02.10 28.02.10 08.03.10 19.02.10 14.03.10 2. Future programme 3. Terrorist asset freezing 4. Visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories 5. Informal meetings 6. Turks and Caicos Islands Resolved, That the Committee request Speaker s Counsel to supply a formal Counsel s Opinion on the extent to which the protection of parliamentary privilege extends to, and is enforceable within, the UK s Overseas Territories. Draft Report [Turks and Caicos Islands], proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report will be published in the Seventh Report of the Committee, HC 469. 7. Gibraltar 8. End of Parliament Resolved, That the Committee thanks Mike Gapes for his conduct in the Chair during the present Parliament.

26 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 Resolved, That the Committee thanks its staff for their hard work and support. [Adjourned till Tuesday 6 April at 5.00 p.m. TUESDAY 6 APRIL 2010 Mr Eric Illsley Andrew Mackinlay Mr Ken Purchase 1. Publication of written evidence Ordered, That the following written evidence received by the Foreign Affairs Committee, be reported to the House for publication on the internet: British Council Written Evidence BC 11 Letter to the Chair from Martin David, Chief Executive, British Council: Occupied Palestinian Territories 25.03.10 BBC World Service Written Evidence WS 10 E-mail and briefing note from Peter Horrocks, BBC World Service 24.03.10 Human Rights Written Evidence HR 221 Edward Papelian: Armenian Genocide 15.03.10 HR 222 Letter to the Chair from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Kazakhstan s proposal for an OSCE Summit 03.04.10 Developments in the European Union Written Evidence EU 132 EU 133 EU 134 Letter to the Chair from Akaki Minashvili, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Parliament of Georgia Letter to the Chair from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Brussels follow up Letter to the Chair from the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: the arrest and detention of Dr Ejup Ganic 11.03.10 03.04.10 31.03.10

Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 27 2. The Work of the British Council 2008 09: Responses from the Government and British Council to the Committee s Second Report of Session 2009 10 Draft Special Report (The Work of the British Council 2008 09: Responses from the Government and British Council to the Committee s Second Report of Session 2009 10), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, amended and agreed to. The Government and British Council responses to the Second Report from the Committee were appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 3. The Work of the BBC World Service 2008 09: Responses from the Government and BBC World Service to the Committee s Third Report of Session 2009 10 Draft Special Report (The Work of the BBC World Service 2008 09: Responses from the Government and BBC World Service to the Committee s Third Report of Session 2009 10), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, amended and agreed to. The Government and BBC World Service responses to the Third Report from the Committee were appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 4. Global Security: UK-US Relations: Government Response to the Committee s Sixth Report of Session 2009 10 Draft Special Report (Global Security: UK-US Relations: Government Response to the Committee s Sixth Report of Session 2009 10), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time and agreed to. The Government response to the Sixth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 5. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2008 09: Government Response to the Committee s Fifth Report of Session 2009 10 Draft Special Report (Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2008 09: Government Response to the Committee s Fifth Report of Session 2009 10), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government response to the Fifth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.

28 Foreign Affairs Committee: Formal Minutes 2009 10 Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 6. Petitions The Committee considered the Petition to the House from the people of Croydon and its environs, concerning human rights for Kurds, presented by Mr Andrew Pelling on 24 March 2010. The Committee considered the Petition to the House from the people of Croydon, concerning a referendum on EU membership, presented by Mr Andrew Pelling on 24 March 2010. [The Committee adjourned.