Mark Pritchard
Conservative, The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to (a) reduce the size of and (b) increase the number of independent members on the Board of the Disasters Emergencies Committee.
Desmond Swayne
The Minister of State, Department for International Development
The Disasters Emergencies Committee (DEC) is an independent charity and therefore is subject to UK charity legislation, and registered with the Charity Commission. As such, the composition of their Board of Trustees is a matter for the DEC.
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