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Thursday 27 November 2003
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Hugh Bayley | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That Mr Tony Colman do travel, in a representative capacity, to the WTO meetings in Geneva on 16/17 December.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek approval from the Liaison Committee for funding in connection with the said visit.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 December 2003 at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 2 December 2003
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That Hugh Bayley represent the Committee at the Dublin meeting of Chairmen of EU Member States' Development Committees.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek approval from the Liaison Committee for funding in connection with the said visit.
Migration and Development: Mr Masood Ahmed, Director General for Policy and International, and Ms Sharon White, Director, Policy Division, Department for International Development, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 4 December 2003 at 2.00 pm.
Thursday 4 December 2003
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Robert Walter |
| Ann Clwyd | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report, [Trade and development at the WTO: Learning the lessons of Cancún to revive a genuine development round], 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 2003-04, HC92-I, p53]
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 January 2004 at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 6 January 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Hugh Bayley | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Quentin Davies | | |
For full declaration of interests of Mr Andrew Robathan, see Annex 1, page 22.
The Committee deliberated.
Migration and Development: Professor Richard Black, Director, Professor Ron Skeldon and Dr Ben Rogaly, Members, University of Sussex Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, and Dr Priya Deshingkar, Overseas Development Institute, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 January 2004 at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 13 January 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| John Barrett | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek funding from the Liaison Committee for the postponed visit to Tanzania and Madagascar.
Migration and Development: Dr Nicholas van Hear, Researcher, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, Dr Cecilia Tacoli, Senior Research Associate, International Institute for Environment and Development, and Ms Catherine Barber, Economic Policy Adviser, Oxfam, were examined.
[Adjourned till Thursday 15 January 2004 at 2.15 pm.
Thursday 15 January 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Tony Worthington |
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second times 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 Eighth Report from the Committee in the Session 2002-03 [Department for International Development: Developmental Report 2003] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Draft Report, [Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories], 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 2003-04, HC230-I, p82]
[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 February 2004 at 2.00 pm.
Tuesday 3 February 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Ann Clwyd | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report, [Annual Report 2003], 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 2003-04, H312, p14]
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the role of DFID's Kenya Country Assistance Plan 2004 – 2007 in assisting Kenya to meet the Millennium Development Goals.—(The Chairman.).
Resolved, That the Committee do hold an evidence session on AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children.— (The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into DFID's Agriculture Policy.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the DFID 2004 Departmental Report.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into DFID's Bilateral Programme of Assistance to India and conduct a visit to India in October 2004.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 February at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 10 February 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr John Battle | | Chris McCafferty |
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Ann Clwyd | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into DFID's Country Assistance Plan for Somalia.—(The Chairman.)
The Chairman declared an interest in relation to the inquiry into DFID's Country Assistance Plan for Somalia as Board Member for an investment fund for Somaliland; and declared that he would take no further part in the said inquiry.
Migration and Development: Mr Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, Executive Director, AFFORD (African Foundation for Development), Councillor Murad Qureshi, British Bangladeshi International Development Group, and Dr Lola Banjoko, Chair, Commonwealth Business Council Africa Recruit, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 25 February at 3.00 pm.
Wednesday 25 February 2004
The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
| Tony Baldry | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Ann Clwyd | | |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):
| Defence Committee: | | Foreign Affairs Committee: | | Trade and Industry Committee: |
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Bruce George
Rachel Squire
Mr Peter Viggers | | Mr Donald Anderson
Mr Fabian Hamilton
Sir John Stanley
| | 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).
Resolved, That the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees do visit Brussels and Paris in connection with their inquiry into Strategic Export Controls.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman do seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the said visit.
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 International Security, and Mr David Landsman, Head, Counter-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, were examined.
[Adjourned until Monday 1 March at 2.15 pm.
Monday 1 March 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Hugh Bayley | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Tony Colman | | |
Ordered, That Professor Jonathan Kydd be appointed as Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters relating to agriculture.—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That two Members of the Committee and a Clerk do visit Sweden on the invitation of the Swedish Development and Cooperation Agency to discuss the Committee's Second Report of 2003-04 [Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories].—(The Chairman.)
Migration and Development: Dr Joseph Chamie, Head of the United Nations Population Division, Mr Jan de Wilde, Chief of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM) London, and Mr Frank Laczko, Chief of Research and Publications, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Geneva, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 March at 2.00 pm.
Tuesday 9 March 2004
Members present:
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Tony Worthington |
In the absence of the Chairman, Tony Worthington was called to the Chair.
The Committee deliberated.
Migration and Development: Professor James Buchan, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, Mr Winston Cox, Deputy Secretary-General, The Commonwealth Secretariat, and Mr Duncan Hindle, Deputy Director General, Department of Education, South Africa; and, Mr Abdirashid Duale, Chief Executive Officer, and Dr Saad Shire, Managing Director, Dahabshiil Transfer Services, and Dr Roger Ballard, University of Manchester, were examined.
[Adjourned till Monday 15 March at 2.15 pm.
Monday 15 March 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Quentin Davies | | |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second times 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 First Report from the Committee in the Session 2003-04 [Trade and Development at the WTO: Learning the lessons of Cancún to revive a genuine development round] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That a letter from Mr Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner with responsibility for Trade, be appended to the Report. —(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Hugh Bayley do visit Brazil to attend the UNCTAD Ministerial in a representative capacity.—(The Chairman.)
Migration and Development: Professor Alan Winters, University of Sussex, and Dr Christian Dustmann, University College London, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 March at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 23 March 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | | |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second times 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 Second Report from the Committee in the Session 2003-04 [Development Assistance and the Occupied Palestinian Territories] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That a letter from Timothy Rothermel, UNDP, be appended to the Report. —(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That Mr Edward Luce, Professor Stuart Corbridge, Dr Jens Lerche and Dr Ramya Subrahamian be appointed as Specialist Advisers to assist the Committee in its inquiry into DFID's bilateral programme of assistance to India. —(The Chairman.)
Migration and development: Mr Peter Bosch, Directorate General Justice and Home Affairs, European Commission, Mrs Anita Bundegaard, Co-ordinator for Durable Solutions, UNHCR, and Dr Heaven Crawley, Director, AMRE Consulting (formerly Associate Director, Institute for Public Policy Research), were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 March at 6.00 pm.
Wednesday 24 March 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Quentin Davies | | |
The Committee deliberated.
DFID's Country Assistance Plan for Kenya 2004-07 and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: The Rt. Hon. Hilary Benn, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, Mr Matthew Wyatt, Head, and Ms Felicity Townsend, Senior Education Advisor, Department for International Development (Kenya), were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 April at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 20 April 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr John Battle | | |
The Committee deliberated.
Migration and Development: The Rt. Hon. Hilary Benn, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for International Development, and Ms Sharon White, Director, Policy Division, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 April at 9.30am.
Wednesday 21 April 2004
The Defence, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):
| Defence Committee: | | Trade and Industry Committee: |
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Bruce George
| | 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 Ed Cairns, Oxfam, Mr Roy Isbister, Saferworld, and Mr Robert Parker, Amnesty International; and, Mr David Hayes, Rolls Royce plc, Mr Tim Otter, Smiths Detection, Mr David Balfour, SABRE Ballistics, and Mrs Susan Griffiths, MBDA UK Ltd, were examined.
[Adjourned until Monday 26 April at 7.45 pm.
Monday 26 April 2004
The Committee met in Southwark Town Hall, Peckham Road
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Hugh Bayley | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Tony Colman | | |
The Committee deliberated.
Migration and Development: The Rt. Hon. Harriet Harman, a Member of the House, Councillor Columba Blango, The Worshipful Mayor of Southwark, Ms Cecilia N. Taylor-Camara, Mr Tamba John Sylvernus Lamina, Mr Kumba Agnes Dugba Macauley, Dr Mohamed Koker and Mr Stephen Swaray, members of the Sierra Leonean diaspora, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 April at 2.30 pm.
Tuesday 27 April 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Ann Clwyd | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report, [DFID's Kenya Country Assistance Plan 2004 – 2007 and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals], 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 2003-04, HC 494, p17]
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 May at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 4 May 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Hugh Bayley | | Chris McCafferty |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That Chris McCafferty do take the Chair for the purpose of the Committee's inquiry into Orphans and Children made Vulnerable by AIDS.
Chris McCafferty was called to the Chair.
Orphans and Children made Vulnerable by AIDS: Mr Douglas Webb, HIV/AIDS Adviser, Save the Children, Mrs Joy Mugisha, UK Coordinator, Uganda Women's Effort to Save Orphans, Mr Peter McDermott, Chief, HIV/AIDS Section, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Mr Stuart Kean, HIV/AIDS Policy Adviser, World Vision; Mr Gareth Thomas, a Member of the House, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ms Robin Gorna, Team Leader and Mr David Clarke, Senior Education Adviser, HIV/AIDS Team, Policy Division, Department for International Development, were examined.
Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, together with the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence, be reported to the House.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 May at 2.15 pm.
Wednesday 5 May 2004
The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
| John Barrett | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):
| Defence Committee: | | Foreign Affairs Committee: | | Trade and Industry Committee: |
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Bruce George
Rachel Squire | | Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr Andrew Mackay
Mr John Maples
Sir John Stanley | | 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: Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.
[The Minutes of Proceedings relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Joint Report of Session 2003-04, HC390, pp83-85]
[Adjourned until Wednesday 12 May at 2.15pm
Wednesday 12 May 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Mr John Battle | | Chris McCafferty |
| Mr Quentin Davies | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
DFID's Agriculture Policy: Dr Christie Peacock, Director, Farm Africa, Mr Andrew Jowett, Director, Harvest Help, Dr Lea Borkenhagen, Livelihoods Programme Development Manager, Oxfam, and Mr Colin Williams OBE, Director, International Development Enterprises; and, Dr Steve Wiggins, Overseas Development Institute, Dr Michael Hubbard, Birmingham University, Mr Colin Poulton, Imperial College, and Dr Peter Hazell, Director, Development Strategy and Governance Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 May at 2.30 pm.
Tuesday 18 May 2004
Members present,
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Hugh Bayley | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Tony Colman | | |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned till Thursday 20 May at 2.15 pm.
Thursday 20 May 2004
The Committee met at 33 St James's Square, London
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr John Battle | | Chris McCafferty |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Orphans and children made vulnerable by AIDS: Ronald Nsubuga, Isaac Tumwesigye, Agatha Nakakembo, Jamalie Toto, Job Kigozi, Prossy Nampeera, Paul Sentongo and Fiona Nakawesi, of Kampala, Uganda, were examined via video link.
Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, together with the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence, be reported to the House.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 May at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 25 May 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Ann Clwyd | | Tony Worthington |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into the role of humanitarian agencies in post-conflict Iraq.—(The Chairman.)
DFID's Agriculture Policy: Mr Stephen Carr OBE, and Mr Jonathan Coulter, Natural Resources Institute University of Greenwich; and, Dr Colin Thirtle, Professor of Agricultural Economics, and Professor John Mumford, Imperial College London, Professor George Rothschild, Co-ordinator, Independent Advisory Committee of DFID Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) Programmes, and Dr Michael Lipton, Research Professor of Economics, Poverty Research Unit, Sussex University, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 May at 9.30am
Wednesday 26 May 2004
The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
| John Barrett | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):
| Defence Committee: | | Foreign Affairs Committee: | | Trade and Industry Committee: |
Mr Crispin Blunt
Mr Bruce George
Rachel Squire
| | Mr Andrew Mackay
Mr Bill Olner
Sir John Stanley
| | 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).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 June at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 8 June 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Ann Clwyd | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
The Committee deliberated.
[Adjourned until this day at 4.30 pm.
Tuesday 8 June 2004
Members present:
| Mr Tony Colman | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Ann Clwyd | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
In the absence of the Chairman, Ann Clwyd was called to the Chair.
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That the Committee do invite Mr Pierre Gassman, Head of Iraq Delegation, ICRC and Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Iraq, to give evidence on the subject of: 'The role of humanitarian agencies in post-conflict situations'.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 June at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 15 June 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Chris McCafferty |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Piara S. Khabra | | Tony Worthington |
DFID's bilateral programme of assistance to India: Dr Michael Lipton and Professor James Manor, Sussex University; Mr Christopher Lockwood and Mr John Grimond of The Economist, and Mr David Loyn, BBC, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 June at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 22 June 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Ann Clwyd | | Tony Worthington |
DFID's Departmental Report 2004: Mr Suma Chakrabarti, Permanent Secretary, Mr Masood Ahmed, Director General, Policy and International, Mr Mark Lowcock, Director General, Corporate Performance and Knowledge Sharing and Dr Nicola Brewer CMG, Director General, Regional Programmes, DFID, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 June at 2.45 pm.
Tuesday 29 June 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Ann Clwyd | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Tony Colman | | |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report, [Migration and Development], 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 2003-04, HC79-I, p97]
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into development assistance in Iraq .—(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That the Committee do inquire into Darfur, Sudan: Crisis, Response and Lessons. —(The Chairman.)
Resolved, That in connection with the above-mentioned inquiries, the Committee do visit Iraq, Sudan and South Africa in January/February 2005.—(The Chairman.)
Ordered, That the Chairman seek funding from the Liaison Committee in connection with the said visits.
Resolved, That Committee do inquire into Policy Coherence for Development in connection with the work of the Commission for Africa. —(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Monday 5 July at 2.15 pm.
Monday 5 July 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Ann Clwyd | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Chris McCafferty |
| Mr Quentin Davies | | |
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second times 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 Fourth Report from the Committee in the session 2003-04 [Kenya: DFID's Country Assistance Plan 2004-07 and Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals.] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
DFID's bilateral programme of assistance to India: Dr Charlotte Seymour-Smith, Head, and Mrs Aruna Bagchee, Senior Governance Adviser, DFID India, and Mr Jeremy Clarke, Chief, Regional Policy and Strategy, DFID UK, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 July at 3.15 pm.
Wednesday 14 July 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Chris McCafferty |
| Hugh Bayley | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Mr Tony Colman | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Piara S. Khabra | | |
The Committee deliberated.
Resolved, That Tony Worthington do visit South Africa to attend the AWEPA AIDS Orphans Conference in September 2004 in a representative capacity. —(The Chairman.)
The role of humanitarian agencies in post-conflict situations: Sir Jeremy Greenstock, GCMG, former UK Permanent Representative at the United Nations and former UK Special Representative for Iraq, was examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 September at 2.30 pm.
Tuesday 7 September 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Ann Clwyd | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Tony Colman | | |
Draft Report, [DFID's Agriculture Policy], 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 2003-04, HC 602, p33]
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 September at 9.45 am
Tuesday 14 September 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Hugh Bayley | | |
The Committee deliberated.
The humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan: Ms Amelia Bookstein, Conflict Policy Analyst, CAFOD and Mr Graham MacKay, Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Oxfam, were examined.
Resolved, That the Committee do sit in private. —(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 September at 2.30 pm.
Wednesday 15 September 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Piara S. Khabra |
| Hugh Bayley | | |
The Committee deliberated.
DFID's bilateral programme of assistance to India: Dr Mark Robinson, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Dr Rathin Roy, Development Economist; Professor John Farrington, Overseas Development Institute, and Dr Caroline Dyer, University of Leeds, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 October at 2.30 pm.
Tuesday 12 October 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Andrew Robathan |
| Hugh Bayley | | Tony Worthington |
| Mr Tony Colman | | |
The Committee deliberated.
Policy Coherence for Development and the Commission for Africa: Mr Myles Wickstead, Head of Secretariat, Commission for Africa; Mr Robert Picciotto, Visiting Professor at King's College, London and former Director General, Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank, were examined.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 October at 9.30am.
Wednesday 13 October 2004
The Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A.
Members present:
| John Barrett | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Ann Clwyd | | |
The following members of other Committees were also present, pursuant to paragraph (4)(e) of Standing Order No. 152 (Select committees related to government departments):
| Defence Committee: | | Foreign Affairs Committee: | | Trade and Industry Committee: |
Mike Gapes
Mr Bruce George
Rachel Squire
| | Mr Donald Anderson
Sir John Stanley
| | Mr Roger Berry
Mr Nigel Evans
|
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).
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 November at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 9 November 2004
Members present:
| Mr John Battle | | Hugh Bayley |
| John Barrett | | Tony Worthington |
In the absence of the Chairman, Tony Worthington was called to the Chair.
The Committee deliberated.
Autumn Meetings of the World Bank/IMF : Rt. Hon. Hilary Benn, a Member of the House, Secretary of State, Department for International Development, Mr Peter Grant, Director, International Division, DFID, and Mr Stephen Pickford, CB, Director, International Finance, HM Treasury; Mr Jeff Powell, Bretton Woods Project, and Mr Patrick Watt, Senior Policy Adviser, ActionAid, were examined.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 November 2004 at 2.15 pm.
Tuesday 16 November 2004
Members present:
Tony Baldry, in the Chair
| John Barrett | | Mr Tony Colman |
| Mr John Battle | | Mr Quentin Davies |
| Mr John Bercow | | Tony Worthington |
For full declaration of interests of Mr John Bercow, MP, see Annex 2, page 23.
The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report, [DFID's Departmental Report 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 Eighth Report from the Committee, Session 2003-04, HC 749, p38]
Draft Special Report, proposed by the Chairman, brought up, read the first and second times and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth 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 Seventh Report from the Committee in the session 2003-04 [DFID's Agriculture Policy] be appended to the Report.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Monday 29 November at 2.15 pm.
ANNEX 1
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS
6 January 2004
Mr Andrew Robathan made the following declaration of interests:
| ROBATHAN, Andrew (Blaby) |
| 6. | Overseas visits |
| | 2-11 May 2003, to Angola, paid for by Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund and Cafod and supported by the British Embassy and the Royal Institute of International Affairs. (Registered 21 May 2003) |
| | 23 September-2 October 2003, to India with Conservative Friends of India to Mumbai, Jammu, Kashmir and Delhi to discuss economic and political issues on international development and security in Kashmir. Travel and accommodation expenses met by the Government of India. (Registered 15 October 2003) |
| 8. | Land and Property |
| | Farm in Leicestershire, from which income is received. |
ANNEX 2
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS
16 November 2004
Mr John Bercow made the following declaration of interests:
| 2. | Remunerated employment, office, profession etc |
| | Fee for research project on economic, industrial and welfare policies in the UK, on behalf of the MHC Benevolent Trust. (Up to £5,000) |
| 5. | Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK) |
| | 20 July 2003, hospitality for my wife and myself at Silverstone Grand Prix from Buckingham Group Contracting. (Registered 24 July 2003) |
| 6. | Overseas visits |
| | 15-21 March 2004, in my role as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development I visited Israel and the Occupied Territories. The visit was sponsored by Christian Aid. (Registered 31 March 2004) |
| | 4-10 February 2004, to Zimbabwe, in my role as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, sponsored by the Zimbabwe Democracy Trust. (Registered 17 May 2004) |
| | 19-26 April 2004, to Thai-Burmese border, sponsored by Christian Solidarity World Wide. (Registered 17 May 2004) |
| | 26 June-4 July 2004, to the Sudan, sponsored by the All-Party Sudan Group. (Registered 14 July 2004) |
| | 30 August-5 September 2004, to Ghana, in my role as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, sponsored by Oxfam. (Registered 8 September 2004) |
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