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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

Definition and administration of ODA inquiry

Inquiry by the International Development Committee, 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 16 January 2018: Professor John Gaventa, Director of Research, Institute of Development Studies, and Tamsyn Barton, Chief Executive, Bond; Rupert Simons, Chief Executive Officer, Publish What You Fund, and Dr Nilima Gulrajani, Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute (at 10.45am).
  • 13 March 2018: Keith Davis, Director, and Terry Caulfield, Audit Manager, National Audit Office; Professor Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute, and Dr Emma Mawdsley, Fellow, Newnham College, University of Cambridge (at 10.30am); Dr Christian Dennys, Acting Head of the Joint Programme Hub, Conflict Stability and Security Fund, and Melinda Simmons, Director of Implementation, Cross Government Funds, National Security Secretariat (at 11.00am).
  • 27 March 2018: Harpinder Collacott, Executive Director, Development Initiatives, and Amy Dodd, Director, UK Aid Network; Blondel Cluff CBE, Representative to the United Kingdom and European Union, Government of Anguilla (at 10.30am); Brenda Killen, Deputy Director, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (at 11.00am).
  • 25 April 2018: Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister of State, and Liane Saunders, Strategy Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sam Gyimah MP, Minister of State, and Dr Sharon Ellis, Director of International Science and Innovation, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Jean Christophe Gray, Director, Public Services, HM Treasury (at 3.15pm).
  • 2 May 2018: Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State for International Development, and Darren Welch, Director of Strategy, Department for International Development.