What steps he is taking to increase the transparency of arrangements for distribution of overseas aid.

What mechanisms are in place to monitor value for money derived from overseas aid; and if he will make a statement.

What steps he is taking to improve arrangements for monitoring the effectiveness of the delivery of overseas aid.

What steps he is taking to ensure that people in Gaza receive the humanitarian aid allocated by his Department.

What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK-Israeli co-operation on international development.

How much each of the three poorest countries in receipt of aid from his Department received in such aid in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

What recent assessment he had made of the effectiveness of his Department's projects to support internally-displaced people in Sri Lanka.

What assessment he made of the outcomes of the recent UN millennium development goals summit in New York.

What recent assessment he made of the effectiveness of projects funded by his Department in Yemen.

What discussions he has had with international organisations on relief and reconstruction following the floods in Pakistan.