20. International Development
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 48 meetings.
|
Members | Meetings attended |
|
Wells, Mr Bowen (Chairman) | 45 |
Canavan, Mr Dennis | 31 |
Clwyd, Ann | 36 |
Follett, Mrs Barbara | 26 |
Grant, Mr Bernie | 28 |
Khabra, Mr Piara S | 29 |
King, Ms Oona | 31 |
Kingham, Mrs Tess | 32 |
Robathan, Mr Andrew | 32 |
Rowe, Mr Andrew | 35 |
Tonge, Dr Jenny | 42 |
|
Overall attendance: 69.5%
Number of Members added: nil
Number of Members discharged: nil
Turnover of membership during the Session: nil%
Staff
Committee Clerk: Mr Yusef Azad
Other Committee staff: Ms Janet Hughes, Assistant
Clerk (Grade A3), Mr William Benson, Committee Specialist (from
5.10.98), Ms Jane Appleton, Higher Executive Officer (Grade 10),
Mrs Penny Anderson, Secretary (Grade 13).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Aidan Cox
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the
following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:-
Cabinet Ministers: 11
Other Ministers: 3
(of which 2 were by a Member of the House of Lords)
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives
of:-
Department for International Development 27
other departments: 10
comprising:- Foreign and Commonwealth Office 7
HM Treasury 2
Export Credits Guarantee Department 1
associated public bodies 2
comprising:- Commonwealth Development Corporation 2
Appearances by other witnesses: 60
Overseas Visits
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
15-18.10.97
|
Montserrat |
5
|
1
|
Volcanic Eruption
|
£15,639.13
|
23.2-7.3.98 |
Great Lakes
|
10
|
2
|
Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
|
£54,044.47
|
11-14.10.98
|
Vienna |
3*
|
1
|
EU/SADC Conference
|
£4,870.27
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions in Brussels and
Strasbourg
Date |
Destination
|
Members |
Staff |
Purpose
|
Cost |
24-25.11.97 |
European Commission, Brussels
|
6
|
2
|
Meetings with European Commission Officials: Renegotiation of the Lomé Convention
|
£4,429.64
|
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title |
HC No.
(1997-98)
|
Date of
publication
|
No. of
pages
|
Sale price
|
Government
reply
|
First Report: Montserrat
|
267
|
27.11.97
|
251
|
£20.50
|
Received 2.2.98: published as First Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Second Report: The Development White Paper
|
330
|
22.12.97
|
124
|
£14.70
|
Received 11.3.98: published as Second Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Third Report: Debt Relief
|
563
|
14.5.98
|
150
|
£17.00
|
Received 20.7.98: published as Third Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Fourth Report: Renegotiation of the Lomé Convention
|
365-I
|
2.6.98
|
58
|
£9.70
|
Received 27.7.98: published as Fourth Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Minutes of Evidence with Appendices: Renegotiation of the Lomé Convention
|
365-II
|
2.6.98
|
301
|
£22.30
|
Not applicable |
Fifth Report: Department for International Development: 1998 Departmental Report
|
711
|
28.7.98
|
64
|
£10.60
|
Received 21.10.98: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Sixth Report: Montserrat - Further Developments
|
726
|
4.8.98
|
56
|
£9.70
|
Received 6.10.98: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Seventh Report: Sudan
|
872-I
|
7.8.98
|
23
|
£5.80
|
Received 29.9.98: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Sudan
|
872-II
|
7.8.98
|
117
|
£14.70
|
Not applicable |
Eighth Report: The Future of the Commonwealth Development Corporation
|
936
|
6.8.98
|
82
|
£11.50
|
Received 6.10.98: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 1997-98
|
First Special Report: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98: Montserrat
|
532
|
16.2.98
|
20
|
£4.75
|
Not applicable |
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98: The Development White Paper
|
643
|
24.3.98
|
11
|
£3.40
|
Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Third Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98: Debt Relief
|
1056
|
3.8.98
|
11
|
£3.40
|
Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98: The Renegotiation of the Lomé Convention
|
1068
|
5.8.98
|
14
|
£4.00
|
Not applicable |
Fifth Special Report: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98: Montserrat - Further Developments
|
1098
|
29.10.98
|
7
|
£2.25
|
Not applicable |
Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98: The Future of the Commonwealth Development Corporation
|
1100
|
29.10.98
|
9
|
£3.40
|
not applicable |
Sixth Special Report: Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98: Sudan
|
1099
|
5.11.98
|
7
|
£2.25
|
Not applicable |
Eighth Special Report: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 1997-98: Department for International Development: 1998 Departmental Report
|
1144
|
18.11.98
|
13
|
£4.00
|
Not applicable |
Debates
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to a debate in the House:
First Report, 1997-98, Montserrat, on a Government motion
for the Adjournment of the House on a
Wednesday morning, under Standing Order No. 10 (4), 18 February
1998.
Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 31 of the Committee's 48 meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken wholly or partly
in private. The Committee received 207 memoranda, of which 46
came from Government departments and 5 from associated public
bodies. The Committee published 153 memoranda.
Inquiry |
No. of oral evidence sessions
|
No. of memoranda received
|
No. of memoranda received from Government departments/ executive agencies/associated public bodies
|
No. of memoranda published
|
No. of memoranda made available in the Record Office for public use and placed in the Library
|
Montserrat |
5
|
26
|
10/0/0
|
26
|
0
|
The Development White Paper
|
1
|
36
|
2/0/0
|
36
|
0
|
Renegotiation of the Lomé Convention
|
8
|
47
|
7/0/0
|
37
|
10
|
Debt Relief |
4
|
15
|
4/0/0
|
15
|
0
|
Department for International Development:1998 Departmental Report
|
1
|
4
|
4/0/0
|
4
|
0
|
Montserrat - Further Developments
|
1
|
9
|
7/0/0
|
9
|
0
|
Sudan |
2
|
15
|
6/0/0
|
15
|
0
|
The Future of the Commonwealth Development Corporation
|
1
|
11
|
3/0/5
|
11
|
0
|
Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
|
7
|
36
|
2/0/0
|
0
|
0
|
The Future of the EC Development Budget
|
1
|
8
|
1/0/0
|
0
|
0
|
Total |
31
|
207
|
46/0/5
|
153
|
10
|
|