The International Development Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for International Development and its associated public bodies.

Current Membership
Tony Baldry MP (Conservative, Banbury) (Chairman)
John Barrett MP (Liberal Democrat, Edinburgh West)
Mr John Battle MP (Labour, Leeds West)
Hugh Bayley MP (Labour, City of York)
Alistair Burt MP (Conservative, North East Bedfordshire)
Ann Clwyd MP (Labour, Cynon Valley)
Mr Tony Colman MP (Labour, Putney)
Mr Piara S Khabra MP (Labour, Ealing Southall)
Chris McCafferty MP (Labour, Calder Valley)
Mr Robert Walter MP (Conservative, North Dorset)
Tony Worthington MP (Labour, Clydebank and Milngavie)

Mr Andrew Robathan MP (Conservative, Blaby) was also a member of the Committee during this inquiry

Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in the House of Commons Standing Orders, principally SO No. 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk

Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at
http://www.parliament.uk./parliamentary_committees/international_development.cfm

Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to The Clerk of the International Development Committee, Committee Office, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is: 020 7219 1223; the Committee's e-mail address is: indcom@parliament.uk.

Footnotes
In the footnotes of this Report, references to oral evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question number. References to written evidence are indicated by the page number as in 'Ev 12'. The oral and written evidence is published separately in Volume II (HC 116-II)