The International Development Committee
The International Development Committee is appointed
by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration,
and policy of the Department for International Development and
its associated public bodies.
Current membership
Tony Baldry MP (Conservative, Banbury) (Chairman)
John Barrett MP (Liberal Democrat, Edinburgh West)
Mr John Battle MP (Labour, Leeds West)
Hugh Bayley MP (Labour, City of York)
Alistair Burt MP (Conservative, North East Bedfordshire)
Ann Clwyd MP (Labour, Cynon Valley)
Mr Tony Colman MP (Labour, Putney)
Mr Piara S Khabra MP (Labour, Ealing Southall)
Chris McCafferty MP (Labour, Calder Valley)
Mr Robert Walter MP (Conservative, North Dorset)
Tony Worthington MP (Labour, Clydebank and Milngavie)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk
Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/international_development.cfm.
A list of Reports of the Committee in the present Parliament is
at the back of this volume.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Alistair Doherty
(Clerk), Sarah Hartwell (Second Clerk), Alan Hudson (Committee
Specialist), Katie Phelan (Committee Assistant) and Wanda Wilson
(Secretary).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the International Development Committee, House of Commons,
7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general
enquiries is 020 7219 1223; the Committee's email address is indcom@parliament.uk
Footnotes
In the footnotes of this Report, references to oral
evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question number.
References to written evidence are indicated by the page number
as in 'Ev 12'.
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