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Information between 21st February 2026 - 13th March 2026

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Calendar
Monday 23rd February 2026
Department for International Development
Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)

Ministerial statement - Main Chamber
Subject: Every Child Achieving and Thriving
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Tuesday 3rd March 2026 1:30 p.m.
International Development Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: The UK’s International Climate Finance
At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Elizabeth Wathuti - Founder and Executive Director at Green Generation Initiative
Zahid Shashoto - Head of Programme at Uttaran
Dishon Lionel Murage - Technical Advisor at Oceans Alive Foundation
At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Professor Avinash Persaud - Special Advisor on Climate Change at Inter-American Development Bank
Ms May Thazin Aung - Senior researcher at International Institute for Environmental Development
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Tuesday 17th March 2026 1:30 p.m.
International Development Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Post-Assad Syria: development challenges and opportunities
At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Mr Hamish Falconer MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Peter McDermott - Syria Development Director at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
At 2:50pm: Oral evidence
Dr Ahmed Ekzayez - Deputy Minister at Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management
At 3:25pm: Oral evidence
Mr Andrew Moore - Director of Middle East at The HALO Trust
Najat El Hamri - Regional Director, Middle East at MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
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Parliamentary Debates
Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving
118 speeches (14,137 words)
Monday 23rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber
Department for International Development
Education
4 speeches (309 words)
Monday 2nd March 2026 - Written Corrections
Department for International Development


Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the UAE Ambassador relating to the situation in Sudan - 24 February 2026

International Development Committee
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence to the UAE Ambassador relating to the situation in Sudan - 29 January 2026

International Development Committee
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Oral Evidence - Confluence Advisory, Rosalind Marsden, and World Peace Foundation

International Development Committee
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Oral Evidence - Samaritan’s Purse

International Development Committee
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Written Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Ministry of Defence
WPS0045 - Women, peace and security

Women, peace and security - International Development Committee
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Written Evidence - The University of Warwick
ICF0038 - The UK’s International Climate Finance

The UK’s International Climate Finance - International Development Committee
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to Israeli restrictions on UNRWA and humanitarian organisations - 16 February 2026

International Development Committee
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence to the Foreign Secretary relating to Israeli restrictions on UNRWA and humanitarian organisations - 7 January 2026

International Development Committee
Tuesday 3rd March 2026
Written Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
UKA0217 - Future of UK aid and development assistance

Future of UK aid and development assistance - International Development Committee
Tuesday 3rd March 2026
Oral Evidence - Inter-American Development Bank, and International Institute for Environmental Development

The UK’s International Climate Finance - International Development Committee
Tuesday 3rd March 2026
Oral Evidence - Green Generation Initiative, Uttaran, and Oceans Alive Foundation

The UK’s International Climate Finance - International Development Committee


Select Committee Inquiry
4 Mar 2026
FCDO's approach to higher education and research partnerships
International Development Committee (Select)

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The International Development Committee will explore the FCDO’s approach to higher education and research partnerships as part of its development strategy; how this may shift in response to a reduced aid budget and in the light of the new International Education Strategy; and the medium to long-term benefits of higher education and research partnerships to the UK’s international development goals.

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Department for International Development mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
71 speeches (19,988 words)
Wednesday 4th March 2026 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Sam Rushworth (Lab - Bishop Auckland) diplomacy, debt relief and encouraging other states that do not do enough to step up.I am also aware that DFID - Link to Speech
2: Sam Rushworth (Lab - Bishop Auckland) important for our soft power, as well as for leveraging our aid spending to do more.That expertise at DFID - Link to Speech



Written Answers
Israel: Palestine
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Monday 9th March 2026

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will re-publish online the report entitled Value for Money: Investment in People-to-People Programming in Israel and Palestine, originally commissioned by the Department for International Development and published in 2021.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer he received on 9 January to Question 111418. Additionally, the document requested is currently available online.



Department Publications - Statistics
Monday 9th March 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Understanding politics and the security sector
Document: (PDF)

Found: In Nepal, the experience of the former Department for International Development (DFID) (now the Foreign



Department Publications - News and Communications
Monday 9th March 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Change of British High Commissioner to Samoa: Andrew Nethercott
Document: Change of British High Commissioner to Samoa: Andrew Nethercott (webpage)

Found: International Committee of the Red Cross 2012 to 2014  Islamabad, Programme Manager (education), DFID




Department for International Development mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Monday 23rd February 2026
EU Directorate
Source Page: Details of the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs trip to Brussels: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500495024 - Information released - Documents (PDF)

Found: Director for British Investment Partnerships at the FCDO and International Relations Director at DFID

Monday 23rd February 2026
EU Directorate
Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs Brussels trip documentation: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500495530 - Information released - Documents (PDF)

Found: Director for British Investment Partnerships at the FCDO and International Relations Director at DFID