The International Development Committee is a
select committee of the
House of Commons
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in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the international aid functions of the
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs, it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreig ...
and public bodies which work with the Office in relation to international aid and
official development assistance
Official development assistance (ODA) is a category used by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to measure foreign aid. The DAC first adopted the concept in 1969. It ...
. The
Independent Commission for Aid Impact reports to this Select Committee.
The committee was responsible for scrutiny of the International Development Committee's predecessor, the
Department for International Development.
Current membership
As of July 2022, the Committee's membership is as follows:
Changes since 2019
Membership 2017-2019
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.
Changes 2017-2019
Membership 2015-2017
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.
Changes 2015-2017
Membership 2010-2015
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.
Changes 2010-2015
List of committee chairs
See also
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List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament
The parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom are committees of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Each consists of a small number of Members of Parliament from the House of Commons, or peers from the House of Lords, or a mix of both, ap ...
References
External links
International Development Committee
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Select Committees of the British House of Commons
1997 establishments in the United Kingdom