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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Parliamentary Strengthening

Inquiry by the International Development Committee, 3 September 2014 to 27 January 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 18 November 2014: Greg Power, Director, Global Partners Governance, Alina Rocha Menocal, University of Birmingham and Overseas Development Institute, and Charles Chauvel, former New Zealand MP and United Nations Development Programme, Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch, Andrew Tuggey, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch, and Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Crispin Poyser, Overseas Office, House of Commons, and François Duluc, Assemblée Nationale
  • 25 November 2014: Anthony Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Westminster Foundation for Democracy, and Dina Melhem, Head of Middle East and North Africa Team, Westminster Foundation for Democracy, Rt Hon Desmond Swayne MP, Minister of State, Department for International Development, Jonathan Hargreaves, Head of Governance, Open Societies and Anti Corruption Department, DFID, Shiona Ruhemann, Senior Adviser, Open Societies and Anti Corruption Department, DFID, and Rob Fenn, Head of the Human Rights and Democracy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office