The Foreign Affairs Committee The foreign Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the roreign and Commonwealth Office and its associaLed public bodies. Current membership Crispin Blunt (Conservative, Reigate) (Chair) Mr John Baron (Conservative, Basildon and Billericay) Ann Clwyd (Labour, Cynon Va/fey) Mike Gapes (Labour-Co-operative, Jlford South) Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party, North East Fife) Mr Mark Hendrick (Labour-Co-operative, Preston) Adam Holloway (Conservative, Gravesham) Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative, Shrewsbury and Atcham) Ian Murray (Labour, Edinburgh South) Andrew Rosindell (Conservative, Romford) Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Stratford-on-Avon) Yasmin Qureshi (Labour, Bolton South East) was discharged from the Committee on 31 October 2016. Powers The Commil Lee is one ofthe deparLmenlal select commil Lees, Lhe powers ofwhich arc seL out in House ofCommons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk. Publications The Reports and evidence ofthe Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order ofthe House. All publications ofthe Committee (including press notices) are on the internet at http://\','\\'W.parliament.uk/b usiness/ committees/ committees-a -z/ commons-select/foreign­ affairs-commillee/. A list of Reports ofthe Commitlce in the present Parliament is al the back ofthis volume. The Reports of the Committee, the formal minutes relating to that report, oral evidence taken and some or all written evidence are available in a printed volume. Additional written evidence may be published on the internet only. Committee staff The current staff ofthe Committee are Chris Stanton (Clerk), Nick Beech (Second Clerk), Dr Ariella Huff (Senior Committee Specialist), Nicholas Wade (Committee Specialist), Ashlee Godwin (Commillce Specialist), Clare Genis (Senior Commitlee Assistant), Su Panchanalhan (Committee Assistant) and Estelle Currie (Media Officer). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed lo the Clerk of the Foreign Affairs Commillce, House ofCommons, 14 Tothill Street, London SW! H (NB. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6263; the Committee's e-mail address is [email protected]. Proceedings of the Committee Tuesday 24 May 2016 Members present: Crispin Blunt, in the Chair Mr John Baron Andrew Rosindell Ann Clwyd Nadhim Zahawi 1. FCO management issues Ordered, That the letter dated 26 April from the FCO, providing quarterly management information for the period November 2015 to March 2016 be reported to the House for publication on the internet. 2. Ditchley Foundation conference, US, September 2016 Ordered, That the Chair have leave to attend the Ditchley Foundation conference in Long Island, US, from 16 to 18 September 2016 in a representative capacity, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit. 3. Future programme The Committee considered this matter. 4. ISIL financing Ordered, That a letter from Air Vice-Marshal Stringer, dated 10 May, concerning oral evidence given on 26 April to the ISIL Financing Sub-committee, be reported to the House for publication on the internet. 5. Government responses to Foreign Affairs Committee reports Resolved, That the Foreign and Commonwealth Office may as a matter of course supply responses to the Committee for publication rather than issue them as Command Papers. [Adjourned till Tuesday 7 June at 2.15 pm Tuesday 7 June 2016 Members present: Crispin Blunt, in the Chair Mr John Baron Daniel Kawczynski Mike Gapes Yasmin Qureshi Stephen Gethins Andrew Rosindell Adam Holloway Nadhim Zahawi 1. The UK’s role in the fight against ISIL Draft Special Report (The UK's role in the war against ISIL following the Cessation of Hostilities in Syria in February 2016: Government response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2015-16), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 2. Political Islam Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet: ISL0002 Dr Daud Abdullah ISL0004 Dr Rifai Sulaiman Lebbe ISL0006 Stephen Merley ISL0007 Basheer Nafi ISL0009 Dr. A. Amr Darrag ISL0010 Wael Haddara ISL0011 Mark Simmons ISL0012 Dr Anas Altikriti ISL0014 Mohd Daud Mat Din ISL0020 Community Security Trust ISL0022 Dr Rafik Abdessalem ISL0023 Katharine Thane ISL0024 Abdur Razzaq ISL0025 Nezar Ghorab ISL0027 Dr Abdulmawgood Dardery ISL0029 Dr Nermeen Abdelbary ISL0030 Mohamed Abdul Malek ISL0031 Dr Gamal Heshmat ISL0034 Ehsan Siddiq, Imran Siddiq, and Mir Ahmad BinQuasem ISL0042 Ziya Meral ISL0043 Dr Barbara Zollner ISL0044 Guney Yildiz ISL0045 Averroes ISL0046 Peter Welby ISL0047 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ordered, That the following papers be published by placing copies in the Parliamentary Archives: ISL0016 ITN Solicitors, on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt and the Freedom and Justice Party (part of the submission) ISL0017 ITN Solicitors, on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt and the Freedom and Justice Party: copy of the Muslim Brotherhood submission to the Muslim Brotherhood Review. ISL0038 – Michael Marcusa, PhD candidate, Brown University Papers submitted by the Egyptian Embassy in London: ‘Memorandum for Presentation to Prime Minister Dr Hazem El-Beblawy concerning “the legal grounds for the Council of Ministers to declare the Brotherhood Group a ‘terrorist organisation’” ‘A statement by the Umma’s scholars on the crimes perpetrated by the coup in Egypt and the duty towards the coup’ Ibrahim Mounir, Deputy Supreme Guide, Muslim Brotherhood, Dr Anas Altikriti, Chief Executive Officer and founder, the Cordoba Foundation, Dr Radwan Masmoudi, adviser to Rached Ghannouchi, President of the AnNahda party, Tunisia, and Sondos Asem, former Foreign Media Co-ordinator at the office of President Mohamed Morsi, Egypt, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Tuesday 14 June at 2.15 pm Tuesday 14 June 2016 Members present: Crispin Blunt, in the Chair Ann Clwyd Adam Holloway Mike Gapes Andrew Rosindell Stephen Gethins Nadhim Zahawi Mark Hendrick 1. The UK’s relations with Russia Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet: RUS0001 Dr Patrick Xavier RUS0003 Scotland/Russia Forum RUS0004 GML Limited RUS0005 Human Rights Watch RUS0006 Harm Reduction International (HRI) RUS0007 Ms Mary Dejevsky RUS0009 Russo-British Chamber of Commerce RUS0010 Dr Richard Connolly RUS0012 Dr Rebecca Niblock RUS0013 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Founder, Open Russia RUS0014 British Council RUS0015 The Centre for European Reform RUS0016 Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain RUS0017 National Museum Directors' Council RUS0018 Dr Andrew Foxall, The Henry Jackson Society RUS0019 Alex Sinodov RUS0020 Stephen Kinnock MP RUS0021 Embassy of Ukraine in the UK RUS0022 The Economist/CEPA (Edward Lucas) RUS0023 Embassy of Georgia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland RUS0024 Oxford Research Group RUS0025 Anti-Corruption Foundation RUS0026 Latvian Institute of International Affairs RUS0027 A Political Risk Analyst RUS0030 Dr Valentina Feklyunina RUS0031 TheCityUK RUS0032 Amnesty International UK RUS0034 BBC World Service RUS0035 Mr David Clark RUS0036 Eastern Europe Studies Centre Ordered, That the following paper be published by placing a copy in the Parliamentary Archives: RUS0002 Sarah Hurst Dr Valentina Feklyunina, Newcastle University, Professor Alena Ledeneva, University College London, and Alex Nice, Economist Intelligence Unit, gave oral evidence. Vladimir Ashurkov, Executive Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, gave oral evidence. 2. ISIL financing The Committee discussed this matter. [Adjourned till Tuesday 28 June at 9.50 am Tuesday 28 June 2016 MORNING MEETING Members present: Crispin Blunt, in the Chair Ann Clwyd Daniel Kawczynski Mike Gapes Yasmin Qureshi Adam Holloway Nadhim Zahawi 1. Implications of leaving the EU for the UK's role in the world Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG, Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director-General, Royal United Services Institute, and Sir Simon Fraser GCMG gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till 2.15 pm this day AFTERNOON MEETING Members present: Crispin Blunt, in the Chair Ann Clwyd Mark Hendrick Mike Gapes Yasmin Qureshi Stephen Gethins 1. FCO Main Estimate 2016-17 Ordered, That the Memorandum from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on its Main Estimate 2016-17 be reported to the House for publication on the internet. 2. Implications of leaving the EU for the UK's role in the world Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the implications of leaving the EU for the UK's role in the world. [Adjourned till Tuesday 5 July at 11.45 am Tuesday 5 July 2016 MORNING MEETING Members present: Crispin Blunt, in the Chair Ann Clwyd Stephen Gethins Mike Gapes Yasmin Qureshi 1. Implications of leaving the EU for the UK's role in the world The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till 3.00 pm this day AFTERNOON MEETING Members present: Crispin Blunt, in the Chair Mr John Baron Stephen Gethins Ann Clwyd Mark Hendrick Mike Gapes Andrew Rosindell 1. ISIL financing Draft report (The UK’s role in the economic war against ISIL), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal