{{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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The Independent Commission for Aid Impact reports to this Select Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icai.independent.gov.uk/|title=Independent Commission for Aid Impact|work=ICAI|access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref>
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:<ref>{{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=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 October 2024 |website=committees.parliament.uk |publisher=International Development Committee |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! 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|Labour Party (UK)}}| | Janet Daby MP | Labour | Lewisham East |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}| | Tracy Gilbert MP | Labour | Edinburgh North and Leith |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}| | Monica Harding MP | Liberal Democrats | Esher and Walton |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}| | Noah Law MP | Labour | St Austell and Newquay |- | 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=== {| class="wikitable" ! valign="top" | Date ! colspan="2" valign="top" | Outgoing Member<br />& Party ! valign="top" | Constituency ! → ! colspan="2" valign="top" | New Member<br />& 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] |- | nowrap | 24 March 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Laura Kyrke-Smith MP (Labour) | Aylesbury | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Tracy Gilbert MP (Labour) | Edinburgh North and Leith | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-03-24/debates/6C99E365-F6AF-4B7C-8A0C-1D326D76D90D/PlanningAndInfrastructureBill Hansard] |- | nowrap | 27 October 2025 | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Alice Macdonald MP (Labour) | Norwich North | → | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Janet Daby MP (Labour) | Lewisham East | [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-10-27/debates/F00777FB-12D2-4F15-BA79-8B6F973AABE3/DelegatedLegislation Hansard] |- |}
== 2019-2024 Parliament == The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! 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=== {| class="wikitable" ! 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 |- | 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! 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=== {| class="wikitable" ! 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! 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=== {| class="wikitable" ! 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 |- | 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! 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 === {| class="wikitable" ! 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<ref>{{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}}</ref> |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== *Parliamentary committees of the United Kingdom
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/international-development-committee International Development Committee]
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