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Future of the EU evidence session 6 February 2013: confirmation of witnesses

30 January 2013

The Foreign Affairs Committee is pleased to announce that Sir Jon Cunliffe, the UK’s Permanent Representative to the EU, will be appearing alongside the Foreign Secretary at its evidence session at 2.30pm on Wednesday 6 February on “The future of the EU: UK Government policy”.

The session will be the first opportunity for a Commons select committee to question the Foreign Secretary on the Government’s EU policy since the Prime Minister’s major speech on the issue on 23 January.

The evidence session is the fourth and expected to be the last in the Committee’s inquiry.

The evidence session will be held as follows:

Wednesday 6 February 2013

2.30 pm

Grimond Room, Portcullis House

  • Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Sir John Cunliffe, CB, UK Permanent Representative to the EU
  • Simon Manley, CMG, Director, Europe, FCO

Members of the public wishing to attend the meeting are advised to allow approximately 20 minutes to pass through security

The written evidence received for the inquiry and the transcripts and recordings of previous oral evidence sessions can be accessed via the Committee’s webpage, at:

www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/foreign-affairs-committee/inquiries1/parliament-2010/future-of-european-union-uk-government-policy