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International Development Committee

{{Short description|UK House of Commons select committee}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

The International Development Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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 and public bodies which work with the Office in relation to international aid and official development assistance.{{cite web |publisher=UK Parliament |title=International Development Committee - role |url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/international-development-committee/role/ |access-date=14 July 2015}} The Independent Commission for Aid Impact reports to this Select Committee.{{cite web|url=http://icai.independent.gov.uk/|title=Independent Commission for Aid Impact|work=ICAI|access-date=14 July 2015}}

The committee was responsible for scrutiny of the International Development Committee's predecessor, the Department for International Development.

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/international-development-committee/news/203455/international-development-committee-membership-appointed/ |title=International Development Committee membership appointed |author= |date=29 October 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=International Development Committee |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=}}

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colspan="2" style="width:160px; vertical-align:top;"| Member

! style="width:160px; vertical-align:top;"| Party

! style="width:300px; vertical-align:top;"| Constituency

bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|

| Sarah Champion MP (Chair)

| Labour

| Rotherham

bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|

| Monica Harding MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Esher and Walton

bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|

| Laura Kyrke-Smith MP

| Labour

| Aylesbury

bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|

| Noah Law MP

| Labour

| St Austell and Newquay

bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|

| Alice Macdonald MP

| Labour

| Norwich North

bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|

| Brian Mathew MP

| Liberal Democrats

| Melksham and Devizes

bgcolor="{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|

| David Mundell MP

| Conservative

| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|

| James Naish MP

| Labour

| Rushcliffe

bgcolor="{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|

| David Reed MP

| Conservative

| Exmouth and Exeter East

bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|

| Sam Rushworth MP

| Labour

| Bishop Auckland

bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|

| David Taylor MP

| Labour

| Hemel Hempstead

=Changes since 2024=

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! valign="top" | Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! →

! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member
& Party

! valign="top" | Constituency

! valign="top" | Source

nowrap | 16 December 2024

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Gordon McKee MP (Labour)

| Glasgow South

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| James Naish MP (Labour)

| Rushcliffe

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-12-16/debates/DF2069E0-0AEF-4E93-AB81-D998CF724A5C/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

2019-2024 Parliament

The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker's Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-01-29/debates/AD4CDEB6-5C98-4172-A664-7A6CD4DA1E2E/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=29 January 2020 |volume= 670 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-03-02/debates/8B6DDBB3-CECD-4960-99B3-C2DF8913083F/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=2 March 2020 |volume= 672 }}

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colspan="2" style="width:160px; vertical-align:top;"| Member

! style="width:160px; vertical-align:top;"| Party

! style="width:300px; vertical-align:top;"| Constituency

bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|

| Sarah Champion MP (Chair)

| Labour and Co-op

| Rotherham

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Richard Bacon MP

| Conservative

| South Norfolk

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Theo Clarke MP

| Conservative

| Stafford

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Brendan Clarke-Smith MP

| Conservative

| Bassetlaw

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Pauline Latham MP

| Conservative

| Mid Derbyshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}"|

| Chris Law MP

| Scottish National Party

| Dundee West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Ian Liddell-Grainger MP

| Conservative

| Bridgwater and West Somerset

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Navendu Mishra MP

| Labour

| Stockport

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Kate Osamor MP

| Labour{{efn|Whip suspended 28 January to 8 May 2024.}}

| Edmonton

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Dan Poulter MP

| Conservative

| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Virendra Sharma MP

| Labour

|Ealing Southall

{{notelist}}

=Changes 2019-2024=

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& Party

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!→

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& Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

! valign="top" |Source

14 December 2021

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Brendan Clarke-Smith MP (Conservative)

|Bassetlaw

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Nigel Mills MP (Conservative)

|Amber Valley

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-12-14/debates/F8C0DA0D-C30A-484C-BD10-520FFB795E48/Committees Hansard]

21 November 2022

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Dan Poulter MP (Conservative)

|Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|David Mundell MP (Conservative)

|Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-11-21/debates/35BF4B21-65F0-4644-9540-781FF24C14D5/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

20 November 2023

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Navendu Mishra MP (Labour)

|Stockport

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Rosena Allin-Khan MP (Labour)

|Tooting

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-11-20/debates/61B6ADFE-CA49-4636-9A66-0924C046EC69/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Membership 2017-2019

The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement: Select Committee Chairs |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-12/debates/B69EAA32-33CE-4783-800B-62543260ECB7/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatementSelectCommitteeChairs |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2017 |volume= 627 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-09-11/debates/B9157055-C055-42AE-90D8-44B5F94F0959/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=11 September 2017 |volume= 628 }}

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! colspan="2" style="width:160px; vertical-align:top;" |Member

! style="width:160px; vertical-align:top;" |Party

! style="width:300px; vertical-align:top;" |Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Stephen Twigg MP (Chair)

|Labour and Co-op

|Liverpool West Derby

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Richard Burden MP

|Labour

|Birmingham Northfield

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|James Duddridge MP

|Conservative

|Rochford and Southend East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Nigel Evans MP

|Conservative

|Ribble Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Pauline Latham MP

|Conservative

|Mid Derbyshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|Chris Law MP

|Scottish National Party

|Dundee West

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Ivan Lewis MP

|Labour

|Bury South

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP

|Labour

|Brighton Kemptown

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Paul Scully MP

|Conservative

|Sutton & Cheam

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Virendra Sharma MP

|Labour

|Ealing Southall

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Henry Smith MP

|Conservative

|Crawley

=Changes 2017-2019=

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! valign="top" |Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" |Outgoing Member

& Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

!→

! colspan="2" valign="top" |New Member

& Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

! valign="top" |Source

4 June 2018

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|James Duddridge MP (Conservative)

|Rochford and Southend East

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Mark Menzies MP (Conservative)

|Fylde

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-06-04/debates/052A9CD8-E742-4632-80D4-2293535294E3/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

Membership 2015-2017

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-06-18/debates/15061885000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=18 June 2015 |volume= 597 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Business without Debate |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-07-08/debates/15070845000002/BusinessWithoutDebate |house=House of Commons |date=8 July 2015 |volume= 598 }}

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! colspan="2" valign="top" width="160px" |Member

! valign="top" width="160px" |Party

! valign="top" width="300px" |Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Stephen Twigg MP (Chair)

|Labour (Co-op)

|Liverpool West Derby

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Fiona Bruce MP

|Conservative

|Congleton

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|Dr Lisa Cameron MP

|Scottish National Party

|East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Nigel Evans MP

|Conservative

|Ribble Valley

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Helen Grant MP

|Conservative

|Maidstone and The Weald

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Fabian Hamilton MP

|Labour

|Leeds North East

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Pauline Latham MP

|Conservative

|Mid Derbyshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Jeremy Lefroy MP

|Conservative

|Stafford

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Wendy Morton MP

|Conservative

|Aldridge-Brownhills

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Albert Owen MP

|Labour

|Ynys Môn

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Virendra Sharma MP

|Labour

|Ealing Southall

=Changes 2015-2017=

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! colspan="2" valign="top" |Outgoing Member

& Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

!→

! colspan="2" valign="top" |New Member

& Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

! valign="top" |Source

8 February 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour)

|Leeds North East

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Stephen Doughty MP (Labour and Co-op)

|Cardiff South and Penarth

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-02-08/debates/16020826000005/InternationalDevelopment Hansard]

31 October 2016

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Helen Grant MP (Conservative)

|Maidstone and The Weald

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Paul Scully MP (Conservative)

|Sutton and Cheam

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-10-31/debates/FACA5BE1-1594-4C21-9C5C-35B154AFE157/COMMITTEES Hansard]

20 February 2017

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Albert Owen MP (Labour)

|Ynys Môn

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Ivan Lewis MP (Labour)

|Bury South

|[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-02-20/debates/A2DC4249-4484-4C24-85E4-B7541D9E9F0F/BusinessOfTheHouse(22February) Hansard]

Membership 2010-2015

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Speaker’s Statement |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-06-10/debates/10061031000002/Speaker%E2%80%99SStatement |house=House of Commons |date=10 June 2010 |volume= 511 }}{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Committees |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2010-07-12/debates/1007131000004/Committees |house=House of Commons |date=12 July 2010 |volume= 513 }}

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! colspan="2" valign="top" |Member

! valign="top" |Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats}}" |

|Sir Malcolm Bruce MP (Chair)

|Liberal Democrat

|Gordon

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Hugh Bayley MP

|Labour

|York Central

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Russell Brown MP

|Labour

|Dumfries and Galloway

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Richard Burden MP

|Labour

|Birmingham Northfield

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|James Clappison MP

|Conservative

|Hertsmere

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Richard Harrington MP

|Conservative

|Watford

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Pauline Latham MP

|Conservative

|Mid Derbyshire

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Jeremy Lefroy MP

|Conservative

|Stafford

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Ann McKechin MP

|Labour

|Glasgow North

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Anas Sarwar MP

|Labour

|Glasgow Central

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Chris White MP

|Conservative

|Warwick and Leamington

= Changes 2010-2015 =

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! valign="top" |Date

! colspan="2" valign="top" |Outgoing Member

& Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

!→

! colspan="2" valign="top" |New Member

& Party

! valign="top" |Constituency

! valign="top" |Source

rowspan="2" nowrap="" |2 November 2010

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Russell Brown MP (Labour)

|Dumfries and Galloway

| rowspan="2" |→

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Michael McCann MP (Labour)

|East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

| rowspan="2" |[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101102/debtext/101102-0004.htm#1011036000005 Hansard]

Ann McKechin MP (Labour)

|Glasgow North

|Alison McGovern MP (Labour)

|Wirral South

nowrap="" |14 February 2011

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|James Clappison MP (Conservative)

|Hertsmere

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Sam Gyimah MP (Conservative)

|East Surrey

|[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110214/debtext/110214-0003.htm#11021427000009 Hansard]

18 June 2012

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Anas Sarwar MP (Labour)

|Glasgow Central

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Fiona O'Donnell MP (Labour)

|East Lothian

|[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm120618/debtext/120618-0004.htm#12061855000005 Hansard]

rowspan="2" |5 November 2012

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Sam Gyimah MP (Conservative)

|East Surrey

| rowspan="2" |→

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Fiona Bruce MP (Conservative)

|Congleton

| rowspan="2" |[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121105/debtext/121105-0004.htm#12110555000004 Hansard]

Richard Harrington MP (Conservative)

|Watford

|Mark Pritchard MP (Conservative)

|The Wrekin

4 February 2013

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Alison McGovern MP (Labour)

|Wirral South

|→

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Fabian Hamilton MP (Labour)

|Leeds North East

|[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm130204/debtext/130204-0003.htm#13020434000005 Hansard]

rowspan=2 | 4 November 2013

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Richard Burden MP (Labour)

|Birmingham Northfield

|rowspan=2 | →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Sir Tony Cunningham MP (Labour)

|Workington

|rowspan=2 | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-11-04/debates/13110416000003/Committees Hansard]

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Mark Pritchard MP (Conservative)

| The Wrekin

| colspan=3 | Vacant

11 November 2013

| colspan=3 | Vacant

| →

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Peter Luff MP (Conservative)

| Mid Worcestershire

| [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2013-11-11/debates/13111214000001/BusinessWithoutDebate Hansard]

List of committee chairs

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Chair

!Party

!Constituency

!First elected

!Method

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Sarah Champion

|Labour

|Rotherham

|29 January 2020

|Elected by the House of Commons

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|Stephen Twigg

|Labour

|Liverpool West Derby

|19 May 2015

|Elected by the House of Commons

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

|Malcolm Bruce

|Liberal Democrats

|Gordon

|14 July 2005

|Elected by the House of Commons

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Tony Baldry{{Cite web|title=Parliamentary career for Sir Tony Baldry - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/93/career|access-date=2020-11-22|website=members.parliament.uk|language=en}}

|Conservative

|Banbury

|18 July 2001

|Elected by the Select Committee

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|Bowen Wells

|Conservative

|Hertford and Stortford

|16 July 1997

|Elected by the Select Committee

See also

References

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External links

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