Sessional Returns 2001-02 - Contents


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
25-30.11.01Pakistan
9
2
Inquiry into the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the Surrounding Region
£58,249.88
3-16.3.02Ghana and Nigeria
6
2
Inquiry into Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development and oversight of DFID funded projects
£43,235.48
11-12.4.02Madrid 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
9-11.5.02BerneA
3
1
To attend a meeting of Parliamentarians with the World Bank
£2,875.74
26.8-4.9.02JohannesburgA
2
0
To attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
£6,534.90
12-20.10.02Malawi
5
2
Inquiry into the humanitarian crisis in southern Africa
£25,000.00
(estimated outturn)
13-19.10.02Afghanistan
3
1
Inquiry into Afghanistan: the transition from humanitarian relief to reconstruction
£25,000.00
(estimated outturn)
3-4.11.02CopenhagenA
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
21-22.1.02Brussels
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
4.7.02Manchester
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
18.7.01One, on the election of the Chairman
19.7.01One, 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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