20. International Development
The Committee was nominated on 16 July 2001.
It had 11 Members and held 45 Meetings. These included
3 "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
|
|
Baldry, Tony (added, 19.7.01) (Chairman from 19.7.01) 42 (incl. 3 CM)
| |
Barrett, John (added, 26.2.02) | 18 (incl. 2 CM)
|
Battle, Mr John | 33
|
Bayley, Hugh | 34
|
Burt, Alistair (discharged,12.11.01) | 3
|
Carmichael, Mr Alistair (added, 5.11.01 and discharged, 26.2.02)
| 3 (incl. 1 CM)
|
Clwyd, Ann | 33 (incl. 2 CM)
|
Colman, Mr Tony | 35 (incl. 2 CM)
|
Jones, Mr Nigel (discharged, 5.11.01) | 2
|
Khabra, Mr Piara S. | 38 (incl. 2 CM)
|
Leigh, Mr Edward (discharged, 19.7.01) |
2 |
McCafferty, Chris | 26
|
Robathan, Mr Andrew | 33
|
Walter, Mr Robert (added, 12.11.01) | 13
|
Worthington, Tony | 39 (incl. 3 CM)
|
|
Overall Attendance: | 75.5%
|
Number of Members added: | 4
|
Number of Members discharged: | 4
|
Turnover of membership during the Session: |
36.4 % |
Staff
Clerk of the Committee: Mr Alistair Doherty, Deputy Principal
Clerk (Senior Structure Band 2)
Second Clerk: Mr Gordon Clarke, Assistant Clerk (Band A3)
Committee Specialist: Mr William Benson (Band B2) (until 21.6.01);
Dr Alan Hudson (Band B1) (from 29.10.01)
Committee Assistant: Mr Ian Thomson, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2) (until 4.3.02), Katie Phelan, Higher Executive Officer
(Band B2) (from 4.3.02)
Secretary: Lisette Pelletier Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1) (until
25.1.02), Mrs Yvonne Platt, Secretary Grade 3 (Band D1) (from
28.1.02)
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Dr Stephen Devereux, Dr Thomas Downing and Ms Elizabeth Winter
Witnesses | |
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by: |
|
Cabinet Ministers | 7
|
Other Ministers | 1
|
Member of the House of Lords (1 of whom was a Minister)
| 1 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Department for International Development
| 20 |
other departments | 6
|
comprising: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 4 |
DEFRA | 1
|
HM Treasury | 1
|
public bodies and non-Ministerial departments
| 4 |
comprising: CDC Capital Partners
| 4 |
Members of the European Commission |
2 |
Appearances by other witnesses: |
55 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
25-30.11.01 | Pakistan | 9
| 2 | Inquiry into the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the Surrounding Region
| £58,249.88 |
3-16.3.02 | Ghana and Nigeria
| 6 | 2
| Inquiry into Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development and oversight of DFID funded projects
| £43,235.48 |
11-12.4.02 | Madrid A | 1
| 1 | To attend a meeting of Chairmen of the Foreign Affairs Committees (foreign aid) of the European Union and applicant countries
| £1,520.74 |
9-11.5.02 | BerneA | 3
| 1 | To attend a meeting of Parliamentarians with the World Bank
| £2,875.74 |
26.8-4.9.02 | JohannesburgA |
2 | 0
| To attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
| £6,534.90 |
12-20.10.02 | Malawi | 5
| 2 | Inquiry into the humanitarian crisis in southern Africa
| £25,000.00
(estimated outturn)
|
13-19.10.02 | Afghanistan |
3 | 1
| Inquiry into Afghanistan: the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction
| £25,000.00
(estimated outturn)
|
3-4.11.02 | CopenhagenA | 0
| 1 | To attend a meeting of Chairmen of the Foreign Affairs Committees (foreign aid) of the European Union and applicant countries
| £873.86 |
ATravel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
21-22.1.02 | Brussels | 7
| 3A | Inquiry into the Effectiveness of the Reforms of European Development Assistance
| £5,407.83 |
AIncludes 1 Shorthand Writer
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
4.7.02 | Manchester | 8
| 2 | To visit Development Education Projects
| £2,600.00
(estimated outturn)
|
Reports and Minutes of Evidence
Title | HC No. (2001-02)
| Date of publication | No. of pages
| Sale price | Government reply
|
First Report: The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the Surrounding Region
| 300-I | 20.12.01
| 52 | £11.00
| Received 12.02.02: Published as First Special Report, HC 633, Session 2001-02
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the Surrounding Region
| 300-II | 20.12.01
| 200 | £16.50
| Not applicable |
Second Report: The Effectiveness of the Reforms of European Development Assistance
| 417-I | 23.4.02
| 40 | £9.00
| Received 24.6.02: Published as Second Special Report, HC 1027, Session 2001-02
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: The Effectiveness of the Reforms of European Development Assistance
| 417-II | 23.4.02
| 107 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development
| 519-I | 23.7.02
| 82 | £13.00
| Received 30.9.02: Published as Fourth Special Report, HC 1270, Session 2001-02
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development
| 519-II | 23.7.02
| 165 | £18.50
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2000, Licensing Policy and Prior Parliamentary ScrutinyA
| 718 | 19.7.02
| 127 | £14.50
| Cm 5629, published 28.10.02
|
Fifth Report: Financing for Development: Finding the Money to Eliminate World Poverty
| 785-I | 24.7.02
| 57 | £11.00
| Received 16.09.02: Published as Third Special Report, HC 1269, Session 2001-02
|
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Financing for Development: Finding the Money to Eliminate World Poverty
| 785-II | 24.7.02
| 117 | £14.50
| Not applicable |
Sixth Report: Department for International Development: Departmental Report 2002
| 964 | 14.11.02
| 42 | £13.00
| Awaited |
First Special Report: The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the Surrounding Region: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2001-02
| 633 | 15.2.02
| 12 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: The Effectiveness of the Reforms of European Development Assistance: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2001-02
| 1027 | 5.7.02
| 9 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Financing for Development: Finding the Money to Eliminate World Poverty: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2001-02
| 1269 | 4.11.02
| 16 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2001-02
| 1270 | 4.11.02
| 9 | £4.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence and Appendices: Afghanistan: Further Developments
| 653 | 19.4.02
| 20 | £6.00
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence: Africa, NEPAD and the G8 Africa Action Plan
| 1107 | 20.9.02
| 14 | £5.50
| Not applicable |
Minutes of Evidence published on the Internet: CDC Capital Partners
| 1028-i | 6.8.02
| |
| Not applicable |
AJoint publication with the Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade
and Industry Committees
Government replies to Reports for Session 2000-01
Reply to the Committee's Sixth Report, Draft Export Control
and Non-Proliferation Bill, published as Cm 5218 (9.7.01);
Reply to the Committee's Second Report, Strategic Export Controls:
Annual Report for 1999 and Parliamentary Prior Scrutiny, published
as Cm 5141 (12.7.01);
Reply to the Committee's Third Report, HIV/AIDS: The impact
on social and economic development, published as Cm 5235 (4.9.01);
Reply to the Committee's Fourth Report, Corruption, published
as Cm 5280 (16.10.01)
Minutes of Proceedings
The Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2000-01
were published on 11.5.01 as HC 493, Session 2000-01. The Minutes
of Proceedings of the Committee for Session 2001-02 will be published
as HC 1326, Session 2001-02.
Divisions
Date | Subject
|
18.7.01 | One, on the election of the Chairman
|
19.7.01 | One, on the election of the Chairman
|
Debates
The following Report and Government Response were debated in Westminster
Hall:
First Report, Session 2001-02, The Humanitarian Crisis in
Afghanistan and the Surrounding Region, HC 300, and the Government
Response, HC 633, 28.2.02
The following Reports were referred to on the Order Paper as being
relevant to an Adjournment Debate in Westminster Hall:
Third Report, Session 1997-98, HC 563, Debt Relief, 1.11.01;
Fourth Report, Session 1998-99, HC 470, Debt Relief and the
Cologne G8 Summit, 1.11.01; and Fourth Report, Session 1999-2000,
HC 251, Debt Relief - Further Developments, 1.11.01
Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence was taken at 25 of the Committee's 45 Meetings.
On none of these occasions was evidence taken partly or wholly
in private.
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
Afghanistan: Further Developments | 1
|
Afghanistan: the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction and development assistance
| 1 |
Africa, NEPAD, and the G8 Africa Action Plan
| 1 |
CDC Capital Partners | 1
|
Department for International Development - Departmental Report 2002
| 1 |
Financing for Development: Finding the Money to Eliminate World Poverty
| 3 |
Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development
| 4 |
Strategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2000, Licensing Policy and Prior Parliamentary Scrutiny
| 1 |
The Autumn meetings of the IMF and the World Bank
| 1 |
The Effectiveness of the reforms of European Development Assistance
| 6 |
The Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the surrounding region
| 4 |
The humanitarian crisis in southern Africa |
1 |
Total | 25
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