Annex B
Table 1: Subjects covered by
the International Development Committee in Session 2007-08
| Subject
| Evidence sessions in 2007-08
| Outcome |
| Department for International Development Annual Report 2007
| 0 | Report, November 2007 |
| Development and Trade: Cross-departmental Working
| 0 | Report, December 2007 |
| Iraq | 1 | One-off oral evidence session, January 2008
|
| Reconstructing Afghanistan | 2
| Report, February 2008 |
| Maternal Health | 4 | Report, March 2008
|
| DFID and the World Bank | 3 |
Report, March 2008 |
| DFID and the African Development Bank | 2
| Report, May 2008 |
| Burma: follow-up | 1 | One-off oral evidence session, July 2008
|
| Working Together to Make Aid More Effective
| 3 | Report, July 2008 |
| Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation [Committees on Arms Export Controls]
| 3 | Report, July 2008 |
| The World Food Programme and Global Food Security
| 2 | Report, July 2008 |
| The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| 3 | Report, July 2008 |
| The Annual Autumn Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
| 1 | One-off oral evidence session, November 2008
|
| DFID Annual Report 2008 | 3
| Report to be published |
| HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy | 2
| Report, November 2008 |
| DFID and China | 3 | Oral evidence in progress
|
Table 2: Visits by the International Development
Committee in 2007-08
| Location | Purpose of visit
|
| Overseas visits
|
| Washington | Inquiry into DFID and the World Bank
|
| Ghana | Inquiry into Working Together to Make Aid More Effective
|
| Tunisia | Inquiry into DFID and the African Development Bank
|
| Rome, Berlin and Copenhagen | Inquiries into Working Together to Make Aid More Effective and the World Food Programme and Global Food Security
|
| China | Inquiry into DFID and China
|
| UK visits
|
| DFID offices, 1 Palace Street, London | Informal briefing with Ministers
|
| Overseas Development Institute, London |
Informal briefing |
| Visits in a representative capacity
|
| Lisbon, Portugal | European Development Days Conference (delegation — 1 Member)
|
| Ljubljana, Slovenia | Conference of EU Foreign Affairs and Development Committee Chairs (delegation — 1 Member)
|
| Brussels, Belgium | Joint Committee Meeting on the European Union and Development Cooperation (delegation — 1 Member)
|
| Paris, France | Conference of EU Foreign Affairs and Development Committee Chairs (delegation — 1 Member)
|
| Cebu, Philippines | World Tourism Conference (delegation — 1 Member)
|
| Paris, France | Annual meeting of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (delegation — 1 Member)
|
Table 3: Liaison Committee criteria relevant
to 2007-08 inquiries
|
Government and European Commission policy proposals |
Examination of deficiencies |
Departmental actions |
Associated public bodies |
Implementation of legislation |
Expenditure |
Evidence from Minister |
Public Service Agreements |
| DFID Annual Report 2007 |
|
√ |
√ |
| | √
| √ | √
|
| Development and Trade: Cross-departmental Working
| √ | √
| √ |
| | | √
| |
| Iraq |
| √
| √ |
| | √
| √ |
|
| Reconstructing Afghanistan
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ |
|
| Maternal Health
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ | √
|
| DFID and the World Bank
| √ |
| √ |
| | √
| √ |
|
| DFID and the African Development Bank
| √ |
| √ |
| | √
| √ |
|
| Burma: follow-up
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ |
|
| Working Together to Make Aid More Effective
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ | √
|
| Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, licensing policy and review of export control legislation [Committees on Arms Export Controls]
| | √
| √ |
| √ |
| √ |
|
| The World Food Programme and Global Food Security
| √ | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ |
|
| The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ |
|
| The Annual Autumn Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ |
|
| DFID Annual Report 2008
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ | √
|
| HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| √ | √
|
| DFID and China
| | √
| √ |
| | √
| | |
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