Annex C: Sessional Return 2007-08
The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 13 July 2005.
| Members
Bruce, Malcolm (Chairman)
Battle, John
Bayley, Hugh
Bercow, John
Burden, Richard
Crabb, Mr Stephen (added 8.11.07)
Davies, Mr Quentin (discharged 19.11.07)
Duddridge, James (discharged 10.3.08)
Kawczynski, Daniel (added 10.3.08)
McKechin, Ann
Ruddock, Joan (discharged 8.11.07)
Sheridan, Jim (added 19.11.07)
Singh, Mr Marsha
Smith, Sir Robert
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
46 out of 49 (including 4 CAEC)
33 out of 49 (including 4 CAEC)
33 out of 49
14 out of 49
38 out of 49 (including 2 CAEC)
23 out of 49
0 out of 2
12 out of 17
10 out of 32
29 out of 49
0 out of 0
18 out of 47
27 out of 49 (including 1 CAEC)
41 out of 49
58.1 % A
|
| A Not including concurrent meetings
| |
| Total number of meetings:
| 49 B
|
| Of which: |
|
| Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 33 |
| Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 0 |
| Number of wholly private meetings
| 16 |
| Number of concurrent meetings with other committees A
| 5 |
B These included 5 Committees on Arms Export Controls meetings held concurrently with the Defence, Foreign Affairs, and Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committees (listed as concurrent meetings (CAEC) in the attendance table above)
Other activities
| |
| Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 14 |
| Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 3 |
Staff
Details of the permanent
staff of the Committee during the Session can be found in the
Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Dr Sibylle Bauer, Professor Wendy Graham, Regina
Keith and Simon Maxwell.
Witnesses
| Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| Cabinet Ministers
| 8 |
| Other Ministers
| 5 |
| Members of the House of Lords (2 of whom were Ministers)
| 2 |
| Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
| Department for International Development
| 19 |
| Other departments comprising:
| |
| Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
| 2 |
| Foreign and Commonwealth Office
| 4 |
| Ministry of Defence
| 2 |
| Number of appearances by:
| |
| European Commission
| 1 |
| Appearances by other witnesses
| 75 |
Overseas Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 6-8.11.07 | LisbonA
| Bruce | 1
| European Development Days Conference
| £2,431.75 |
| 25-27.11.07 | Washington DC
| Bruce, Bayley, Duddridge, McKechin, Singh, Smith
| 2 | Inquiry into DFID and the World Bank
| £25,066.76 |
| 3-13.3.08 | Ghana
| Bruce, Bayley, Crabb, Singh, Smith
| 2 | Inquiry into Co-ordination for Aid Effectiveness
| £31,897.36 |
| 16-18.3.08 | Ljubljana, SloveniaA
| Bruce | 1
| Conference of Foreign Affairs and Development Committee Chairman
| £1,291.74 |
| 1-3.4.08 | Tunis, Tunisia
| Bruce, Bayley, McKechin, Singh
| 2 | Inquiry into DFID and the African Development Bank
| £10,069.80 |
| 11-16.5.08 | Rome, Berlin and Copenhagen
| Bruce, Bayley, Singh, Smith
| 2 | Inquiries into Co-ordination for Aid Effectiveness and the World Food Programme and Global Food Security
| £17,294.91 |
| 20-21.7.08 | ParisA
| Bruce | 1
| Conference of Foreign Affairs and Development Committee Chairman
| £1,505.98 |
| 21-24.10.08 | PhilippinesA
| Bruce | 1
| Inquiry into Sustainable Development in a Changing Climate
| £9,900.00 (estimated outturn)
|
| 20-21.11.08 | ParisA
| Bruce | 1
| Annual Meeting of the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank (PNoWB)
| £1,700.00 (estimated outturn)
|
| 24.11.08 | The HagueA
| | 1 |
Inquiry into Sustainable Development in a Changing Climate
| £475.00 (estimated outturn)
|
| 30.11-10.12.08 | China
| Bruce, Battle, Bayley, Bercow, Singh, Smith
| 2 | Inquiry into DFID and China
| £55,000.00 (estimated outturn)
|
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 25.6.08 | BrusselsA
| Bruce | 1
| Joint Committee Meeting on the European Union and Development Cooperation
| £1,174.29 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
UK Visits
| Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
| 15.1.08 | Overseas Development Institute
| Bruce, Battle, Bayley, McKechin, Singh, Smith
| 3 | General Briefing
| |
| 29.1.08 | DFID Offices, London
| Bruce, Battle, Burden, McKechin, Smith
| 3 | General Briefing
| |
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
| Title | HC No. (2007-08)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
| First Report: DFID Annual Report 2007
| 64-I | 15.11.07
| Received 4.2.08: published as First Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: DFID Annual Report 2007
| 64-II | 15.11.07
| Not applicable |
| Second Report: Development and Trade: Cross-departmental Working
| 68 | 4.12.07
| Received 4.2.08: published as Second Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Third Report: Work of the Committee in 2007
| 225 | 24.1.08
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Report: Reconstructing Afghanistan
| 65 | 14.2.08
| Received 21.4.08: published as Third Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Reconstructing Afghanistan
| 65-II | 14.2.08
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Report: Maternal Health
| 66 | 2.3.08
| Received 9.5.08: published as Fifth Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Maternal Health
| 66-II | 2.3.08
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Report: DFID and the World Bank
| 67-I | 5.3.08
| Received 8.5.08: published as Fourth Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: DFID and the World Bank
| 67-II | 5.3.08
| Not applicable |
| Seventh Report: DFID and the African Development Bank
| 441-I | 13.5.08
| Received 8.7.08: published as Sixth Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: DFID and the African Development Bank
| 441-II | 14.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Report: 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
| 254 | 17.7.08
| Cm 7485, published 3.11.08
|
| Ninth Report: Working Together to Make Aid More Effective
| 520-I | 17.7.08
| Received 23.9.08: published as Seventh Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: Working Together to Make Aid More Effective
| 520-II | 17.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Tenth Report: The World Food Programme and Global Food Security
| 493-I | 23.7.08
| Received 6.10.08: published as Eighth Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: The World Food Programme and Global Food Security
| 493-II | 23.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Eleventh Report: The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| 522-I | 24.7.08
| Received 23.9.08: published as Ninth Special Report Session 2007-08
|
| Oral and Written Evidence: The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| 522-II | 24.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Twelfth Report: HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy
| 1068-I | 30.11.08
| Awaited |
| Oral and Written Evidence: HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy
| 1068-II | 30.11.08
| Not applicable |
| First Special Report: DFID Annual Report 2007: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08
| 329 | 20.2.08
| Not applicable |
| Second Special Report: Development and Trade: Cross-departmental Working: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2007-08
| 330 | 20.2.08
| Not applicable |
| Third Special Report: Reconstructing Afghanistan: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08
| 509 | 1.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Fourth Special Report: DFID and the World Bank: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08
| 548 | 19.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Fifth Special Report: Maternal Health: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08
| 592 | 22.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Sixth Special Report: Sixth Special Report, Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2007-08, DFID and the African Development Bank
| 988 | 21.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Seventh Special Report: Seventh Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Report on Working Together to Make Aid More Effective
| 1065 | 14.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Eighth Special Report: Eighth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Report on The World Food Programme and Global Food Security
| 1066 | 14.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Ninth Special Report: Ninth Special Report: Government Response to the Committee's Report on The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| 1067 | 14.10.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Iraq
| 319 | 12.3.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral and Written Evidence: Burma: follow-up
| 946 | 9.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence published on the Internet: DFID and China
| 596-i | 27.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence published on the Internet: DFID and China
| 596-ii | 27.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence published on the Internet: DFID Annual Report 2008
| 945-i | 6.8.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence published on the Internet: DFID Annual Report 2008
| 945-ii | 18.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Oral Evidence published on the Internet: DFID Annual Report 2008
| 945-iii | 18.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: DFID and China
| 596-iii | 24.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Annual Autumn Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
| 1195 | 18.11.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: DFID and China
| | 12.5.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: DFID Annual Report 2008
| | 8.7.08
| Not applicable |
| Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Annual Autumn Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
| | 18.11.08
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2006-07
None.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes
of the Committee were published electronically after each meeting
of the Committee. They are available on the Committee's website
at http://www.parliament.uk/indcom.
Divisions
| Date | Subject
|
| 17.7.08 | Two, on amendments proposed to the Chairman's draft Report on the Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
|
Debates
Committee reports
were debated on 3 occasions in Westminster Hall. Committee reports
were tagged on the Order Paper as being relevant to debates in
the House of Commons or Westminster Hall on 2 occasions.
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
| Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
| Burma: follow-up | 1
|
| DFID and China | 3
|
| DFID and the African Development Bank
| 2 |
| DFID and the World Bank
| 3 |
| DFID Annual Report 2008
| 3 |
| HIV/AIDS: DFID's New Strategy
| 2 |
| Iraq | 1
|
| Maternal Health | 4
|
| Reconstructing Afghanistan
| 2 |
| 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
| 3 |
| The Annual Autumn Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
| 1 |
| The Humanitarian and Development Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
| 3 |
| The World Food Programme and global food security
| 2 |
| Working Together to Make Aid More Effective
| 3 |
| Total | 33
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