The International Development Committee The International Development Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for International Development and its associated public bodies. Current membership Stephen Twigg MP (Labour (Co-op), Liverpool, West Derby) (Chair) Richard Burden MP (Labour, Birmingham, Northfield) James Duddridge MP (Conservative, Rochford and Southend East) Mr Nigel Evans MP (Conservative, Ribble Valley) Mrs Pauline Latham OBE MP (Conservative, Mid Derbyshire) Chris Law MP (Scottish National Party, Dundee West) Mr Ivan Lewis MP (Independent, Bury South) Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP (Labour (Co-op), Brighton, Kemptown) Paul Scully MP (Conservative, Sutton and Cheam) Mr Virendra Sharma MP (Labour, Ealing Southall) Henry Smith MP (Conservative, Crawley) Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No. 152. These are available on the internet via www.parliament.uk. Publication Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website and in print by Order of the House. Evidence relating to this Report is published on the relevant inquiry page of the Committee’s website. Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Fergus Reid (Clerk), Rob Page (Second Clerk), Jake Barker, Emma Makey and Louise Whitley (Committee Specialists), Alison Pickard (Senior Committee Assistant), Zainab Balogun, Paul Hampson and Rowena Macdonald (Committee Assistants), and Estelle Currie (Media Officer). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the International Development Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 1223; the Committee’s email address is indcom@parliament.uk.