International Development Committee - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]
Draft International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 March 2010.

Oral evidenceTaken before the International Development Committee on Wednesday 24 February 2010

Members present:

Malcolm Bruce, in the Chair

John Battle	Mr Mark Lancaster
Mr Nigel Evans	Andrew Stunell

CONTENTS

Witnesses: Professor Lawrence Haddad, Director, Institute of Development Studies, Dr Alison Evans, Director, Overseas Development Institute, and Mr Simon Maxwell, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

1-19

20-25

Witnesses: Ms Karen Jorgensen, Head, Peer Review and Evaluation Division, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

26-39

40-41

Witnesses: Mr Patrick Watt, Director of Development Policy, Save the Children; Ms Besinati Mpepo, Senior Economic Justice Policy Adviser, World Vision, for UK Aid Network (UKAN); and Mr Max Lawson, Head of Development Finance & Public Services, Oxfam, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

42-59

60

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Members present:

Malcolm Bruce, in the Chair

John Battle	Mr Mark Lancaster
Richard Burden	Mr Virendra Sharma
Mr Nigel Evans	Andrew Stunell
Mr Mark Hendrick

Witnesses: Mr Gareth Thomas MP, Minister of State, and Mr Sam Sharpe, Director, Finance and Corporate Performance Division, Department for International Development; and Ms Lizzie Rattee, Treasury Solicitor, gave evidence.

Question Numbers

61-79

80-99

100-119

120-136

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Prepared 23 March 2010