B. SELECT COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE, WORK,
PUBLICATIONS ETC
19. International Development
The Committee was nominated on 14 July 1997.
It had 11 Members and held 53 meetings. This included 6 "Quadripartite"
meetings held concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and
Trade and Industry Committees (abbreviated to 'CM' in the attendance
table below).
|
Members | Meetings attended
|
|
Wells, Mr Bowen (Chairman) | 44
|
Clwyd, Ann | 47 [including 5 CM]
|
Colman, Mr Tony (added, 6.6.00) | 19
|
Follett, Barbara | 16
|
Grant, Mr Bernie (died, 8.4.00) | 5
|
Jones, Mr Nigel | 14 [including 1 CM]
|
Khabra, Mr Piara S | 46 [including 6 CM]
|
King, Ms Oona | 29
|
Kingham, Ms Tess | 13 [including 1 CM]
|
Robathan, Mr Andrew | 37
|
Rowe, Mr Andrew | 41 [including 3 CM]
|
Worthington, Mr Tony | 45 [including 2 CM]
|
|
Overall attendance: | 65.8 %
|
Number of Members added: | 1
|
Number of Members discharged: | 0
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
9% |
|
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Yusef Azad, Deputy Principal Clerk
(Senior Structure Band 2).
Second Clerk: Ms Janet Hughes, Assistant Clerk (Band A3).
Committee Specialist: Mr William Benson (Band B2).
Committee Assistant: Mr Ian Thomson, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2) (from 22.11.99).
Secretary: Ms Samantha Hill (temporary, from 13.12.99 until 7.4.00);
Mr Anthony Waldron (temporary, from 10.4.00 until 20.4.00), Ms
Julia Kalogerides, Secretary (Band D1) (until 1.10.00); Ms Lisette
Andrews, Secretary (Band D1) (from 1.10.00).
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Mr Simon Wright.
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories
of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers
| 7 |
Other Ministers
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for International Development
| 28 |
other departments:
| 12 |
comprising:
| |
Ministry of Defence
| 2 |
Export Credits Guarantee Department
| 3 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 3 |
HM Treasury
| 1 |
Home Office
| 1 |
Department of Trade and Industry
| 2 |
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 4 |
comprising:
| |
National Criminal Intelligence Service (a public body within the responsibility of the
| |
Secretary of State for the Home Department)
| 2 |
Financial Services Authority (a public body within the responsibility of the
| |
Chancellor of the Exchequer)
| 2 |
Appearances by other witnesses: | 47
|
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
23-25.11.99 | Paris
| 1* |
0 | Inter-parliamentary forum on the Balkans
| £501.21
|
28-29.11.99 | Stockholm
| 1* |
0 | Quadripartite Committee inquiry Strategic Export Controls
| £692.68
|
5-10.12.99 | Geneva and Paris
| 8 |
2 | Inquiry into the World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries
| £14,322.79 A
|
12-26.2.00 | Southern Africa
| 7 |
2 | To examine the delivery of DFID-funded development activity
| £45,680 (estimated outturn)
|
15-17.5.00 | Washington
| 1* |
0 | Quadripartite Committee inquiry into Strategic Export Controls
| £3,959.59
|
28-29.5.00 | The Hague
| 3* |
1 | Meeting of Parliamentarians with the World Bank at the Dutch Parliament
| £1,800.32
|
20-21.9.00 | Paris
| 1* |
1 | Meeting of Chairs of Parliamentary Committees of Member States of European Union and European Parliament
| £1,119.51
|
* Travel in a representative capacity
A £953.64 represents costs of a facilitator for
Mr Grant
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
5-6.7.00 | Brussels
| 7 |
3 A
| Inquiry into the Effectiveness of EC Development Assistance
| £4,472 (estimated outturn)
|
A Includes 1shorthand
writer
UK Visits
Date |
Destination
| Members
| Staff |
Purpose |
Cost |
15.6.00
| DFID's office, East Kilbride
| 6 |
4 A
| Inquiry into Department for International Development: 2000 Departmental Report
| £3,036.60
|
A Includes 1 shorthand
writer
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (1999-2000)
| Date of publication
| No. of pages
| Sale price
| Government reply
|
First Report: The Export Credits Guarantee Department Developmental Issues
| 73 |
17.12.99 |
97 | £13.60
| Received 25.7.00: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Second Report: The Future of Sanctions
| 67 |
10.2.00 |
240 | £20.50
| Received 19.4.00: published as Second Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Third Report: Annual Reports for 1997 and 1998 on Strategic Export Controls*
| 255 |
11.2.00 |
141 | £15.90
| Cm 4799, published 14.7.00
|
Fourth Report: Debt Relief Further Developments
| 251 |
7.3.00 |
73 | £11.50
| Received 3.5.00: published as Third Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Fifth Report: Mozambique
| 326 |
3.5.00 |
111 | £13.60
| Received 5.7.00: published as Fifth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Sixth Report: ECGD, Developmental Issues and the Ilisu Dam
| 211 |
12.7.00 |
62 | £10.60
| Received 21.9.00: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Seventh Report: Strategic Export Controls: Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny*
| 467 |
25.7.00 |
72 | £10.60
| Cm 4872, published 8.12.00
|
Eighth Report: Department for International Development: 2000 Departmental Report
| 475 |
8.8.00 |
159 | £17.00
| Received: 2.10.00: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Ninth Report: The Effectiveness of EC Development Assistance
| 669 |
8.8.00 |
113 | £14.70
| Received 23.10.00: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 1999-2000
|
Tenth Report: After Seattle The World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries
| 227 |
29.11.00 |
240 | £20.50
| Awaited
|
First Special Report: Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 1998-99: Women and Development
| 54 |
18.2.00 |
19 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Second Special Report: Government Response to the Second Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: The Future of Sanctions
| 473 |
16.5.00 |
19 | £4.75
| Not applicable
|
Third Special Report: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: Debt Relief Further Developments
| 474 |
16.5.00 |
7 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Fourth Special Report: Exchange of letters concerning the Ilisu Dam
| 813 |
19.7.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Fifth Special Report: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: Mozambique
| 820 |
7.8.00 |
14 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Sixth Special Report: Government Response to the First Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: The Export Credits Guarantee Department Developmental Issues
| 862 |
7.8.00 |
5 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: ECGD, Developmental Issues and the Ilisu Dam
| 923 |
30.10.00 |
7 | £2.25
| Not applicable
|
Eighth Special Report: Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: Department for International Development: 2000 Departmental Report
| 924 |
30.10.00 |
13 | £4.00
| Not applicable
|
Ninth Special Report: Government Response to the Ninth Report from the Committee, Session 1999-2000: The Effectiveness of EC Development Assistance
| 949 |
7.11.00 |
10 | £3.40
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: DFID's Policy towards China and Pakistan
| 126 |
10.4.00 |
31 | £8.00
| Not applicable
|
Minutes of Evidence: Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank
| 966 |
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| - |
Not yet published
|
* Joint publication with the Defence, Foreign Affairs
and Trade and Industry Committees
Government replies to Reports for Session 1998-99
Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report:
Debt Relief and the Cologne G8 Summit, published in HC
251 (16.5.00).
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1998-99
were published on 17.5.00 as HC 907, Session 1998-99. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 1999-2000 will be
published as HC 785, Session 1999-2000.
Divisions
None.
Debates
The following Reports were debated in Westminster Hall:
Sixth Report, Session 1998-99, Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict
Reconstruction, 15.3.00.
Seventh Report, Session 1998-99, Women and Development,
30.3.00.
Second Report, Session 1999-2000, The Future of Sanctions,
29.6.00.
Ninth Report, Session 1999-2000, The Effectiveness of EC Development
Assistance, 23.11.00.
The following Report was referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to an Adjournment Debate in Westminster Hall:
Sixth Report, Session 1998-99, Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict
Reconstruction, 19.4.00.
The following Minutes of Evidence were referred to on the Order
Paper as being relevant to a debate in the House:
Minutes of Evidence, 14 March 2000, HC 326-i, on Mozambique
on an Opposition Motion on The Government's Handing of the
Mozambique Crisis, 16.3.00.
The following Minutes of Evidence were referred to on the Order
Paper as being relevant to a debate in Westminster Hall:
Minutes of Evidence, 4 July 2000, HC 669-i, on EC Development
Assistance, 13.7.00.
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence was taken at 30 of the Committee's 53 meetings.
On two of these occasions evidence was taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | No. of oral evidence sessions
|
The Future of Sanctions
| 1
|
Mozambique | 2
|
ECGD, Developmental Issues and the Ilisu Dam
| 1 |
Strategic Export Controls: Further Report and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny*
| 1 |
Department for International Development: 2000 Departmental Report
| 3 |
The Effectiveness of EC Development Assistance
| 2 |
After Seattle The World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries
| 7 |
DFID's Policy towards China and Pakistan
| 1 |
Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank
| 2 |
**HIV/AIDS | 7
|
**Corruption | 3
|
Total | 30
|
The Committee took oral evidence on this
inquiry in Session 1998-99; figures appear in the Return for that
Session (HC1 (1998-99))
* Jointly with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade and
Industry Committees
** The Committee did not complete these inquiries in Session
1999-2000
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