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THURSDAY 18 NOVEMBER 1999

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Mr Bernie GrantMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Nigel JonesMr Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S Khabra

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do seek a memorandum from the Department for International Development on the situation in Chechnya.—(The Chairman.)

Resource Accounting and Budgeting: Mr Graham Stegmann, Head, Aid Policy Resources, and Mr Colin Raynor, Head of Finance Department, Department for International Development, were examined.

[Adjourned till Thursday 25 November at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 25 NOVEMBER 1999

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Mr Bernie GrantMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

The Future of Sanctions: Mr Peter Hain, a Member of the House, Minister of State, and Ms Rosalind Marsden, Head of UN Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Mr Tony Faint, Director, Balkans Division, Department for International Development, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 November at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 30 NOVEMBER 1999

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Ms Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Bernie GrantMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

Draft Report [The Export Credits Guarantee Department - Developmental Issues] proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the First Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC73.]

The Committee deliberated.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 December at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 14 DECEMBER 1999

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Ms Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Andrew Rowe
Ms Oona KingDr Jenny Tonge

Resolved, That the Committee do visit South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia from 13 to 26 February 2000, instead of the dates previously agreed.—(The Chairman.)

Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.

Resolved, That the Committee do seek a memorandum from the Export Credits Guarantee Department on the current status of the Ilisu Dam project in Turkey.

Resolved, That a stranger, participating in work experience at the House, be admitted to a private meeting of the Committee on 15 December 2000.

[Adjourned till tomorrow at half past Three o'clock

WEDNESDAY 15 DECEMBER 1999

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Ms Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Bernie GrantMr Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S Khabra

The Committee deliberated.

In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Tony Worthington was called to the Chair.

The Committee further deliberated.

The Chairman returned to the Chair.

The Policy of the Department for International Development Towards China and Pakistan: The Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and Ms Sue Unsworth, Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Department for International Development, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 January at Ten o'clock
   

TUESDAY 11 JANUARY 2000

Members present:

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Ms Oona King

In the absence of the Chairman, Ann Clwyd was called to the Chair.

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into ECGD, Developmental Issues and the Ilisu Dam.—(The Chairman.)

[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 January at ten-to Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2000

[MORNING SITTING]

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydOona King
Ms Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

[Adjourned till today at Five o'clock

TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2000

[AFTERNOON SITTING]

The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs,
and Trade and Industry Committees.

Members present:

Ann ClwydMr Piara S Khabra
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Rowe

The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of S.O. No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments).

Defence Committee:

Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Michael Colvin, Mr Bruce George

Foreign Affairs Committee:

Ms Diane Abbott, Mr David Chidgey, Sir Peter Emery, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley

Trade and Industry Committee:

Mr Tony Baldry, Mr Roger Berry, Mr Martin O'Neill

Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.

The Committees deliberated.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 January at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 25 JANUARY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydOona King
Ms Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S Khabra

The Committee deliberated.

Ordered, That those who have submitted Memoranda in relation to the Committee's inquiry into After Seattle — The WTO and Developing Countries have leave to publish them.—(The Chairman.)

Resolved, That the transcript of the forthcoming examination of the Rt Hon Richard Caborn, a Member of the House, Minister for Trade, be placed in an uncorrected form on the Internet.—(The Chairman.)

Draft Report [The Future of Sanctions] proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

[Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Second Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC67.]

Ordered, That further consideration of the Chairman's draft Report be now adjourned.—(The Chairman.)

[Adjourned till Thursday 27 January at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 27 JANUARY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Tony Worthington
Mr Andrew Rowe

Consideration of the Chairman's draft Report resumed.

[Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Second Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC67.]

[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 February at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Export Credits Guarantee Department — Developmental Issues: The Rt Hon Richard Caborn, a Member of the House, Minister for Trade, Mr Vivian Brown, Chief Executive and Mr John Weiss, Director of Underwriting Group, Export Credits Guarantee Department, were examined.

[Adjourned till tomorrow at Five o'clock

WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2000

The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs
and Trade and Industry Committees

Members present:

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S Khabra

The following members of other Committees were present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) and the Sessional Order of 9th December.

Defence Committee:

Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Michael Colvin, Mr Bruce George

Foreign Affairs Committee:

Ms Diane Abbott, Mr David Chidgey, Sir Peter Emery, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley

Trade and Industry Committee:

Mr Tony Baldry, Mr Roger Berry, Mr Martin O'Neill

Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.

The Committees deliberated.

Draft Report [Annual Reports for 1997 and 1998 on Strategic Export Controls] proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

[Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report can be found in the Third Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC225.]

[Adjourned till tomorrow at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Mr Piara S Khabra Mr Andrew Rowe
Ms Oona KingMr Tony Worthington
Mr Andrew Robathan

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do seek a Memorandum from the Department for International Development on the work of its resource centres.

The Committee further deliberated.

After Seattle — The WTO and Developing Countries: Mr David Batt, Director for International Economic Policy, and Mr John Roberts, Head of International Economic Policy Department, Department for International Development, and Mr Charles Bridge, Director, New Issues and Developing Countries, Department of Trade and Industry, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 February at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Ms Barbara FollettMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, 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 Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government's response to the Seventh Report from the Committee in Session 1998-99 [Women and Development] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

The Committee deliberated.   

[Adjourned till Thursday 10 February at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Ms Barbara FollettMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Draft Report [Debt Relief — Further Developments] proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

[Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC251.]

[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 February at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 29 FEBRUARY 2000

The Committee met concurrently with the Defence and
Foreign Affairs Committees

Members present:

Ann ClwydMr Piara S Khabra

The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) and the Sessional Order of 9th December.

Defence Committee:

Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Bruce George, Dr Julian Lewis, Mr Peter Viggers
Foreign Affairs Committee:

Ms Diane Abbott, Sir Peter Emerey, Dr Norman A. Godman, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley

Mr Martin O'Neill also attended.

Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.

The Committees deliberated.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 March at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 7 MARCH 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Ms Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the current situation in Mozambique.—(The Chairman.)

After Seattle — The WTO and Developing Countries: Mr Mike Moore, Director General of the WTO, and Mr Patrick Low, Director, Office of the Director General of the WTO, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 March at half-past Nine o'clock

TUESDAY 14 MARCH 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Mr Bernie GrantMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S Khabra

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the transcript of the forthcoming examination of the Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and the Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Defence, be placed in an uncorrected form on the Internet.—(The Chairman.)

Mozambique: The Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, Mr Barrie Ireton, Director-General (Programmes), and Mr Rob Holden, Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department, Department for International Development, were examined.

Mozambique: The Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Defence, Air Commodore Paul Luker, Director, Overseas Military Activity, and Mr Roger Paxton, Director, Finance Policy, Ministry of Defence, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 March at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 21 MARCH 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann Clwyd Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S Khabra Mr Andrew Rowe
Ms Oona King

Resolved, That the Committee do seek a memorandum from the Department for International Development on the situation in Zimbabwe.

Ordered, That Ann Clwyd do visit the United States of America in a representative capacity for the purposes of the Committee's inquiry into Strategic Export Controls. — (The Chairman.)

Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.

The Committee deliberated.

After Seattle — The WTO and Developing Countries: Mr Barrie Coates, World Development Movement, Ms Ronnie Hall, Friends of the Earth, and Ms Sabrina Varma, ActionAid, were examined.

After Seattle — The WTO and Developing Countries: Mr Michael Bailey, Oxfam, Mr George Gelber, CAFOD, and Ms Claire Melamed, Christian Aid, were examined.

[Adjourned till Thursday 23 March at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Andrew Robathan

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, that the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on 9 November 1999 be amended on the Internet, in accordance with a letter from Ms Hope Hanlon, UNHCR, but that no corrigendum be issued in relation to the published Report.

Mozambique: Mr Ross Mountain, Special Humanitarian Envoy of the Secretary-General for Mozambique and Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Ms Katarina Toll-Velasquez, Head of Desk for Southern Africa and Interim Disaster Response Branch, UNOCHA, and Gilbert Greenall, Member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team, UNOCHA, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 28 March at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 28 MARCH 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Barbara FollettMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Ms Oona King

The Committee deliberated.

After Seattle — The WTO and Developing Countries: Ms Sheila Page, Overseas Development Institute, and Dr Christopher Stevens, Institute of Development Studies, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 April at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 4 APRIL 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Rowe
Ms Oona KingMr Tony Worthington
Mr Andrew Robathan

Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Department for International Development — Departmental Report 2000.—(The Chairman.)

Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into HIV/AIDS. — (The Chairman.)

Ordered, That the Chairman, Tess Kingham, Mr Tony Worthington and the Clerk do visit The Hague in May to attend a conference hosted by the World Bank in a representative capacity.

Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 April at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 11 APRIL 2000

Members Present:

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

In the absence of the Chairman, Ann Clwyd took the Chair.

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do visit the proposed site of the Ilisu Dam in Turkey, in connection with its inquiry into Export Credits Guarantee Department, Developmental Issues, and the Ilisu Dam.—(Ann Clwyd.)

Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.

The Committee deliberated.

After Seattle — The WTO and Developing Countries: Mr Abdul Mannan, Economic Minister to the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations Offices at Geneva, H.E. Ransford Smith, Ambassador of Jamaica to the United Nations Offices at Geneva, and H.E. N. Benjelloun-Touimi, Ambassador of Morocco to the United Nations Offices at Geneva, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 April at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 18 APRIL 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S Khabra

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do visit the office of the Department for International Development in East Kilbride on 11 May 2000 in connection with its inquiry into Department for International Development: 2000 Departmental Report. — (The Chairman.)

The Committee further deliberated.

Draft Report [Mozambique] proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC 326.]

Ordered, That further consideration of the Chairman's draft Report be now adjourned.—(The Chairman.)

[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 April at Eleven o'clock

WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Tony Worthington

Consideration of Chairman's draft Report resumed.

[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC 326.]

[Adjourned till Thursday 4 May at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 4 MAY 2000

The Committee met concurrently with the Foreign Affairs and
Trade and Industry Committees

Members present:

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) and the Sessional Order of 9th December.

Foreign Affairs Committee:

Dr Norman A. Godman, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley

Trade and Industry Committee:

Mr Roger Berry, Mr Martin O'Neill

Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.

The Committees deliberated.

Strategic Export Controls: Mr Peter Hain, a Member of the House, Minister of State, Mr Paul Hare, Head of Non Proliferation Department and Mr Ian Bailey, Deputy Head of Section, Export Control Policy, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 May at quarter to Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 9 MAY 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Andrew Rowe
Ms Oona KingMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do visit East Kilbride on 15 June, instead of on the date previously agreed.—(The Chairman.)

Draft Special Report proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report from the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000 [The Future of Sanctions] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

Draft Special Report proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report from the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the Government response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000 [Debt Relief — Further Developments] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

The Committee further deliberated.

Department for International Development: 2000 Departmental Report: Sir John Vereker KCB, Permanent Secretary, Mr Barrie Ireton, Director-General (Programmes), and Mr Peter Freeman, Principal Accounting Officer, Department for International Development, were examined.

[Adjourned till Thursday 18 May at Eleven o'clock

THURSDAY 18 MAY 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Andrew Rowe
Ms Oona KingMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

After Seattle: The WTO and Developing Countries: Rt Hon Alec Erwin MP, Minister for Trade and Industry and Mr Tshediso Matona, Director, Bilateral Relations, Ministry for Trade and Industry, Republic of South Africa, were examined.

The Committee further deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into The Effectiveness of EC Development Assistance.—(The Chairman.)

Resolved, That the Committee do visit the European Commission in Brussels in connection with said inquiry.—(The Chairman.)

The Committee further deliberated.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 May at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 23 MAY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Robathan
Ms Oona KingMr Andrew Rowe
Tess KinghamMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

After Seattle: The WTO and Developing Countries: Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and Mr John Roberts, Acting Head of the International Economic Policy Department, Department for International Development, were examined.

[Adjourned till Thursday 8 June at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 8 JUNE 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Andrew Rowe

The Committee deliberated.

Ordered, That those who have submitted Memoranda in relation to the Committee's inquiry into HIV/AIDS have leave to publish them. — (The Chairman.)

Resolved, That the Committee do visit Brussels on 6 July 2000.

HIV / AIDS: Dr Julian Lob-Levyt, Chief Health and Population Adviser, Mr Bob Grose, Acting Deputy Chief and HIV Adviser, Mr Paul Ackroyd, Head, Asia Regional Economics and Policy Department, and Ms Joanna Graham, Assistant, Africa Policy and Economics Department, Department for International Development, were examined.

[Adjourned till Thursday 15 June at half-past Eleven o'clock
   at Abercrombie House, East Kilbride

THURSDAY 15 JUNE 2000

The Committee met at Abercrombie House, East Kilbride

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Mr Andrew Robathan

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Corruption.—(The Chairman.)

Mr Andrew Rowe declared as a non-pecuniary interest that his wife was employed by International Family Health.

Mr Tony Worthington declared a non-pecuniary interest as a consultant for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Mr Tony Colman declared a non-pecuniary interest as a member of UNED-UK, an umbrella group of non-governmental organisations.

Department for International Development: 2000 Departmental Report: Peter Freeman, Principal Finance Officer, DFID; Frank Black, Head, and Patricia Scotland, Deputy Head, Civil Society Department, DFID; John Kelly, Head of Contracts Branch, and Glynis Davies, Head of Policy and Procedures Department, Procurement Department, DFID; and Dr Ken Grant, Director, Institute for Health Sector Development (Health Sector Reform Resource Centre), were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 June at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 20 JUNE 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Rowe
Barbara FollettMr Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S Khabra

The Committee deliberated.

HIV/AIDS: Professor Alan Whiteside, Director of Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, was examined.

HIV/AIDS: Mr Jeff O'Malley, Executive Director, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, was examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 June at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 27 JUNE 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Andrew Rowe
Ms Oona KingMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

HIV/AIDS: Ms Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF, and Mr Mark Stirling, Head of UNICEF in Mozambique and Chair, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office of UNICEF, were examined.

HIV/AIDS: Mr Mark Gorman, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Development Department, HelpAge International, Ms Francesca Simms, Consultant, The European Children's Trust, and Mr Douglas Webb, HIV/AIDS Adviser, Save the Children (UK), were examined.

[Adjourned till Thursday 29 June at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 29 JUNE 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

HIV/AIDS: Mr Brian Brink and Ms Jenny Crisp, Anglo American plc, Mr Christopher Wheeler and Ms Naomi Junghae, Standard Chartered Bank, Mr James Cochrane, Glaxo Wellcome, and Ms Georgia Franklin, Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS, were examined.

HIV/AIDS: Mr Saul Walker, National Aids Trust Vaccine Programme, was examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 July at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 4 JULY 2000

[MORNING SITTING]

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Tony ColmanMr Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S Khabra

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do communicate to the Liaison Committee its approval of the implementation of Resource Accounting and Budgeting methods within the Department for International Development.

The Effectiveness of EC Development Assistance: The Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and Mr Anthony Smith, Head of EU Department, Department for International Development, were examined.

[Adjourned till this afternoon at Five o'clock

TUESDAY 4 JULY 2000

[AFTERNOON SITTING]

The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs
and Trade and Industry Committees

Members present:

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S Khabra

The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) and the Sessional Order of 9th December.

Defence Committee:

Mr Harry Cohen, Mr Bruce George, Mr Peter Viggers

Foreign Affairs Committee:

Dr Norman A. Godman, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley

Trade and Industry Committee:

Mr Tony Baldry, Mr Roger Berry, Mr Martin O'Neill

Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.

The Committees deliberated.

[Adjourned till tomorrow at half-past Three o'clock

WEDNESDAY 5 JULY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Andrew Rowe

The Committee deliberated.

Draft Report [ECGD, Developmental Issues and the Ilisu Dam], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

[Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC211.]

[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 July at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 11 JULY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Piara S Khabra
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Robathan
Barbara FollettMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Nigel JonesMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Ordered, That Mr Simon Wright be appointed as a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in its inquiry into HIV/AIDS.—(The Chairman.)

HIV/AIDS: Mr Jacques du Guerny, Chief Population Programme Services, Food and Agriculture Organisation, was examined.

[Adjourned till Monday 17 July at Five o'clock

MONDAY 17 JULY 2000

The Committee met concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs
and Trade and Industry Committees

Members present:

Mr Tony ColmanTess Kingham
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments) and the Sessional Order of 9th December.

Defence Committee:

Mr Harry Cohen, Mrs Laura Moffatt, Mr Peter Viggers

Foreign Affairs Committee:

Ms Diane Abbott, Mr Ted Rowlands, Sir John Stanley, Dr Phyllis Starkey

Trade and Industry Committee:

Mr Tony Baldry, Mr Roger Berry, Mr Martin O'Neill

Mr Ted Rowlands was called to the Chair.

The Committees deliberated.

Draft Report [Strategic Export Controls: Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny] proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

[Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC467.]

[Adjourned till tomorrow at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 18 JULY 2000

Members present:

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Tess Kingham

The Committee deliberated.

Draft Special Report [Exchange of Letters concerning the Ilisu Dam] proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That correspondence between the Chairman and Mr Keith Vaz, a Member of the House, Minister for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

The Committee further deliberated.

Draft Special Report proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government response to the Fifth Report from the Committee [Mozambique] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

Ordered, That a memorandum submitted by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in response to the Fifth Report from the Committee [Mozambique] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

HIV/AIDS: Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS, and Dr Julian Cleves, Chief, Office of the Executive Director, UNAIDS, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 July at quarter-to Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 25 JULY 2000

[MORNING SITTING]

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the Autumn Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

The Committee further deliberated.

HIV/AIDS: The Rt Hon Clare Short, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and Dr Julian Lob-Levyt, Chief Health and Population Adviser, and Mr Bob Grose, HIV/AIDS Adviser, Health and Population Department, Department for International Development, were examined.

[Adjourned till this day at Four o'clock

TUESDAY 25 JULY 2000

[AFTERNOON SITTING]

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Mr Andrew Robathan

The Committee deliberated.

Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report from the Committee.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government response to the First Report from the Committee [Export Credits Guarantee Department — Developmental Issues] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

Draft Report [Department for International Development — 2000 Departmental Report] proposed by the Chairman, brought up, and read the first time.

[Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC475]

[Adjourned till Thursday 27 July at Ten o'clock

THURSDAY 27 JULY 2000

Members present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Tony ColmanMr Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S Khabra

The Committee deliberated.

Resolved, That the Committee do visit Cambodia and Vietnam from 27 January to 10 February 2001.

Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.

Draft Report [The Effectiveness of EC Development Assistance] proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.

[Minutes of Proceedings relating to the Report can be found in the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC669.]

[Adjourned to a time and day to be fixed by the Chairman

TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Robathan
Barbara FollettMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Draft Special Report proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Special Report from the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000 [ECGD, Developmental Issues and the Ilisu Dam] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

Draft Special Report proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Eighth Special Report from the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000 [Department for International Development: 2000 Departmental Report] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

The Committee further deliberated.

Resolved, That the failure of the Government to disclose information in relation to the Ilisu Dam under the Code of Access to Government Information be referred to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

The Committee further deliberated.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 25 October at Ten o'clock

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Oona King

The Committee deliberated.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 31 October at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Ms Oona King

The Committee deliberated.

Draft Special Report proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report be the Ninth Special Report from the Committee to the House.

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the Government response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000 [The Effectiveness of EC Development Assistance] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)

The Committee further deliberated.

Corruption: Mr Richard Manning, Director General Resources, DFID, Dr Elaine Drage, Director Trade Policy 2, DTI, Mr Gordon Welsh, Director of Marketing, Export Credits Guarantee Department, Mr Ceri Smith, Head, Finance Crimes Branch, HM Treasury, and Ms Lorna Harris, Head, Judicial Co-operation Unit, Home Office, were examined.

[Adjourned till Wednesday 1 November at half-past Nine o'clock

WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 November at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydMs Oona King
Mr Tony ColmanTess Kingham
Barbara FollettMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank: The Rt Hon Clare Short MP, Secretary of State for International Development, Mr Tony Faint, Director, International Institutions, and Margaret Cund, Head, International Financial Institutions Department, Department for International Development were examined.

[Adjourned till tomorrow at half-past Nine o'clock

WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Ms Oona King

The Committee deliberated.

Draft Report [After Seattle: The World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read for the first time.

[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to this Report can be found in the Tenth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000, HC227]

[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 November at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Robathan
Barbara FollettMr Andrew Rowe
Oona KingMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Corruption: Mr Laurence Cockroft, Chairman, and Mr Graham Rodmell, Co-ordinator, Transparency International (UK), Mr Manzoor Hasan, Executive Director, Transparency International-Bangladesh, and Mr John Bray, Control Risks Group, were examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 November at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Rowe
Oona KingMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Corruption: Mr Phillip Thorpe, Managing Director and Head of Authorisation, Enforcement and Customer Relations, and Mr Jeremy Orme, Head of the Financial Crime Liaison Unit, Financial Services Authority, Mr John Abbott, Director-General, National Criminal Intelligence Service, Mr Gavin Coles, Specialist and Strategic Intelligence Branch, National Criminal Intelligence Service and Mr Tim Sweeney, Chair of the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group and Director-General of the British Bankers Association, were examined.

Ordered, That the witnesses be further examined in private.—(The Chairman.)

Corruption: Mr John Abbott, Director-General, National Criminal Intelligence Service, Mr Gavin Coles, Specialist and Strategic Intelligence Branch, National Criminal Intelligence Service, were further examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 28 November at Ten o'clock

TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Ann ClwydTess Kingham
Mr Tony ColmanMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Rowe
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Tony Worthington
Oona King

The Committee deliberated.

[Adjourned till tomorrow at half-past Nine o'clock

WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2000

Members Present:

Mr Bowen Wells, in the Chair

Mr Tony ColmanTess Kingham
Mr Nigel JonesMr Andrew Robathan
Mr Piara S KhabraMr Andrew Rowe
Oona KingMr Tony Worthington

The Committee deliberated.

Annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank: Mr James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, was examined.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 December at Ten o'clock


 
 
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