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Monday 29 November 2004
Members Present:
Hugh Bayley Mr Tony Colman
Mr John Bercow Mr Quentin Davies
Ann Clwyd Tony Worthington
In the absence of the Chairman, Tony Worthington was called to the chair.
The Committee deliberated.
Darfur, Sudan: the responsibility to protect: Dr Suliman Baldo, Africa Program Director of the International Crisis Group, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 November at 2.15pm
Tuesday 30 November 2004
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
John Barrett Mr John Bercow
Mr John Battle Tony Worthington
Hugh Bayley
The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That Mr Peter Verney be appointed a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to its inquiry into Darfur, Sudan. – (The Chairman.)
Fair trade? EU's Trade Agreements with ACP Countries: Ms Dianna Melrose, Head, International Trade Department, DFID, and Ms Amanda Brooks, Director, Trade Negotiations and Development, DTI; Dr Christopher Stevens, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, Jane Nalunga, Country Director, Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI), Uganda, Matthew Griffith, Trade Policy Analyst, CAFOD, and Michael Gidney, Director of Policy, Traidcraft, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 December at 2.15pm
Tuesday 7 December 2004
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
John Barrett Hugh Bayley
Mr John Battle Mr Tony Colman
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report [Commission for Africa and Policy Coherence for Development: First do no harm], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the First Report from the Committee, Session 2004-05, HC 123, p. 39]
DFID's bilateral programme of assistance to India: Rt Hon Hilary Benn, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and Dr Charlotte Seymour-Smith, Head of DFID India, Department of International Development, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 December at 2.15pm
Tuesday 14 December 2004
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
John Barrett Mr Tony Colman
Mr John Battle Tony Worthington
Mr John Bercow
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 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 Sixth Report from the Committee in the Session 2003-04 [Migration and Development: How to make migration work for poverty reduction] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Darfur, Sudan: the responsibility to protect: Maniza Ntekim, Parliamentary Officer, Amnesty International UK, Steve Crawshaw, London Director, Human Rights Watch and Toby Porter, Save the Children UK's Emergencies Director, on behalf of the Sudan Advocacy Coalition were examined.
Resolved, That the Committee do sit in private. —(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 December at 9.30am
Wednesday 15 December 2004
The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
| Defence Committee | | Foreign Affairs Committee | | International Development Committee | | Trade and Industry Committee |
Mike Gapes
Mr Bruce George
Mr Peter Viggers | | Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr Bill Olner
Sir John Stanley
| | John Barrett
Mr John Bercow
Mr Tony Colman
Mr Quentin Davies | | Mr Roger Berry
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Martin O'Neill |
Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A(1)(d).
The Committees deliberated, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A(1)(b).
Strategic Export Controls: Mr Andy McLean, Deputy Director, Saferworld, Mr Oliver Sprague, Senior Policy Adviser, Oxfam, and Mr Robert Parker, Campaign Manager, Arms and Security, Amnesty International; Mr David Hayes, Export Controls Compliance Manager, Rolls-Royce plc, Mr Tim Otter, Vice President, Business Development, Smiths Detection, Mr Michael Bell, Export Controls Consultant, BAE Systems, and Mr Brinley Salzmann, Exports Director, Export Group for Aerospace and Defence, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 December at 2.15pm
Tuesday 21 December 2004
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
John Barrett Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Bercow Tony Worthington
Ann Clwyd
The Committee deliberated.
Darfur, Sudan: the responsibility to protect: Rt Hon Hilary Benn, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, Dr Alastair McPhail, UK Special Representative for Sudan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Mr Brian Thomson ex-Head of FCO/DFID Sudan Unit, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 January 2005 at 9.30am
Wednesday 12 January 2005
The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
| Defence Committee | | Foreign Affairs Committee | | International Development Committee | | Trade and Industry Committee |
Mike Gapes
Mr Bruce George
Mr Peter Viggers | | Mr Donald Anderson
Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr Bill Olner
| | Tony Baldry
John Barrett
Mr John Bercow
Mr Tony Colman
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Piara S Khabra | | Mr Roger Berry
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Martin O'Neill |
Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A(1)(d).
The Committees deliberated, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A(1)(b).
Strategic Export Controls: Rt Hon Jack Straw, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr Edward Oakden, CMG, Director Defence and Strategic Threats, and Dr David Landsman, Head, Counter-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 January at 2.15pm
Tuesday 18 January 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
John Battle Mr Quentin Davies
Hugh Bayley Tony Worthington
Ann Clwyd
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That three Members of the Committee do travel to Naples to attend a seminar of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank on 27/28 February.—(The Chairman)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek approval from the Liaison Committee for funding in connection with the said visit.
Development assistance in Iraq: Oliver Burch, Iraq Programme Manager, Christian Aid, and Ken Caldwell, International Overseas Director, Save the Children; and Yahia Said, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics, were examined.
[Adjourned till Monday 7 February at 3.45pm
Monday 7 February 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
Mr John Battle Mr Tony Colman
Hugh Bayley Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Bercow Tony Worthington
The Committee deliberated.
Fair trade? The EU's Trade Agreements with ACP Countries: Rt Hon Peter Mandelson, European Commissioner for Trade, Mr Claude Maerten, Head of Unit in DG Trade and Mr Roger Liddle, Member of Cabinet, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 February at 2.15pm
Wednesday 9 February 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
Mr John Battle Mr Tony Colman
Hugh Bayley Mr Piara S. Khabra
Mr John Bercow Tony Worthington
Draft Report [Work of the Committee 2004], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Second Report from the Committee, Session 2004-05, HC 326, p22]
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 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 Eighth Report from the Committee in the Session 2003-04 [Department for International Development: Departmental Report 2004] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Darfur, Sudan: the responsibility to protect: Mr Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, United Nations and Mr Oliver Ulich, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, United Nations OCHA, were examined.
Responses to the Asian Tsunami Disaster: Mr Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, United Nations, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 February at 2.15pm
Tuesday 22 February 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
John Barrett Mr John Bercow
Mr John Battle Tony Worthington
The Committee deliberated.
Darfur, Sudan: the responsibility to protect: Dr Mukesh Kapila, formerly UN's Resident Humanitarian Co-ordinator for the Sudan, was examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23 February 2005 at 2.15pm
Wednesday 23 February 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
John Barrett Mr John Bercow
Mr John Battle Mr Piara S. Khabra
Hugh Bayley Tony Worthington
The Committee deliberated.
Darfur, Sudan: the responsibility to protect: Rt Hon Hilary Benn, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and Ms Anna Bewes, Head of Sudan Unit, Department for International Development, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 24 February at 9.15am
Thursday 24 February 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
Mr John Bercow Tony Worthington
The Committee deliberated.
The Future of EU development policy and Fair trade? The EU's Trade Agreement with ACP Countries: Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, and Mr Lawrence Meredith, Member of Cabinet, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 March 2005, at 2.15pm
Wednesday 9 March 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
Mr John Battle Tony Worthington
Mr Piara S. Khabra
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report [DFID's bilateral programme of assistance to India], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Third Report from the Committee, Session 2004-05, HC 124-I, p82]
[Adjourned till Thursday 10 March 2005, at 3.45pm
Thursday 10 March 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry (in the Chair)
John Barrett Mr Tony Colman
Mr John Battle Mr Quentin Davies
Tony Worthington
The Committee deliberated.
Responses to the Asian tsunami disaster: Rt Hon Hilary Benn, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and Mr Peter Troy, Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department, of the Department for International Development, were examined.
Development assistance to Iraq: Rt Hon Hilary Benn, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, Mr Michael Anderson, Head, Middle East and North Africa Department, and Mr David Hallam, Iraq Senior Programme Manager, of the Department for International Development, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 March 2005 at 9.30am
Tuesday 15 March 2005
The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
| Defence Committee | | Foreign Affairs Committee | | International Development Committee | | Trade and Industry Committee |
Mike Gapes
Mr Bruce George
Rachel Squire
Mr Peter Viggers | | Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr John Maples
Mr Bill Olner
Mr Greg Pope
Sir John Stanley | | Mr John Battle
Mr John Bercow
Mr Tony Colman
| | Mr Roger Berry
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Martin O'Neill |
Mr Roger Berry was called to the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A (1)(d).
The Committees deliberated, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A (1)(b).
Draft Report [Strategic Export Controls: HMG's Annual Report for 2003, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Joint Report of Session 2004-05, HC 145, pp 59-61]
[Adjourned till this day at 2.15pm
Tuesday 15 March 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry, (in the Chair)
Mr John Battle Mr Quentin Davies
Mr John Bercow Mr Piara S Khabra
Mr Tony Colman
The Committee deliberated.
Conflict and Development: Professor Robert Picciotto, King's College London, Mr Dan Smith, Secretary General, International Alert and Mr Andy McLean, Deputy Director, Saferworld; Dr Bruce Jones, Deputy Research Director for the UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, Mr Javier Niño Pérez, Conflict Prevention Unit, European Commission and Mr Tidjane Thiam, Peace and Security Commissioner, Commission for Africa; Mr Michael Mosselmans, Head of Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department, DFID, Dr Barbara Hendrie, Head of Security and Development Team, DFID, Mr Paul Schulte, Head, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit (PCRU), Ms Joan Link, Head of Conflict Issues Group, FCO, and Mr Gavin Barlow, Director of Policy Planning, MOD, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 March at 2.30pm
Wednesday 16 March 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry, (in the Chair)
John Barrett Mr John Bercow
Hugh Bayley Mr Tony Colman
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report [Darfur, Sudan: the responsibility to protect], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Fifth Report from the Committee, Session 2004-05, HC 67, p83.]
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23 March at 2.30pm
Wednesday 23 March 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry, (in the Chair)
Mr John Bercow Mr Piara S Khabra
Ann Clwyd Tony Worthington
Mr Quentin Davies
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 Third 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 First Report from the Committee in the Session 2004-05 [The Commission for Africa and Policy Coherence for Development: First do no harm] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Draft Report [Fair trade? The European Union's trade agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Sixth Report from the Committee, Session 2004-05, HC 68, p27]
[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 April at 2.30 pm
Tuesday 5 April 2005
Members Present:
Tony Baldry, (in the Chair)
Mr John Battle Mr Quentin Davies
Hugh Bayley Mr Piara S Khabra
Ann Clwyd Chris McCafferty
Mr Tony Colman 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 Fourth 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 Third Report from the Committee in the Session 2004-05 [DFID's bilateral programme of assistance to India] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Draft Report [Development assistance in Iraq], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read the first time.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Seventh Report from the Committee, Session 2004-05, HC 244, p2]
[Adjourned to a time and date to be determined by the Chairman
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