International Development Committee - First Report
Work of the Committee in Session 2007-08

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 January 2009.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

1  Introduction

Highlights of the Committee's work in 2007-08

Committee membership

2  Inquiries into Government Policy Proposals

Trade

Multilateral aid agencies

DFID and the World Bank

DFID and the African Development Bank

The World Food Programme and Global Food Security

The Annual Autumn Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

DFID's New Water and Sanitation Policy

3  Inquiries into areas seen by the Committee as requiring examination because of deficiencies

Maternal Health

Working Together to Make Aid More Effective

4  Inquiries into departmental actions

HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy

The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Burma: follow-up

Reconstructing Afghanistan

DFID and China

Humanitarian response to natural disasters

Climate change

Support for Development

5  Examination of Expenditure and Public Service Agreements

6  Other areas of activity

Major appointments

Examination of draft legislation

Committees on Arms Export Controls

Conferences

Visit to DFID Office in London

Seminars

Informal meetings and engagement with other parliaments

Video-conferences

Annex A: Core tasks and objectives established by the Liaison Committee

Annex B

Table 1: Subjects covered by the International Development Committee in Session 2007-08

Table 2: Visits by the International Development Committee in 2007-08

Table 3: Liaison Committee criteria relevant to 2007-08 inquiries

Annex C: Sessional Return 2007-08

Formal Minutes

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 21 January 2009