The International Development Committee is a select committee of the

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in the

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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 i ...

. The

Independent Commission for Aid Impact The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) is an independent non-departmental public body tasked with the scrutiny of British Official development assistance (ODA). Launched in May 2011 by then Secretary of State for International Devel ...

reports to this Select Committee. The committee was responsible for scrutiny of the International Development Committee's predecessor, the

Department for International Development The Department for International Development (DFID) was a department of HM Government responsible for administering foreign aid from 1997 to 2020. The goal of the department was "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". D ...

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

References

External links

International Development Committee
{{UKParliamentCommittees Select Committees of the British House of Commons 1997 establishments in the United Kingdom