All Party Parliamentary Group on Microfinance

Microfinance in Parliament

One of the main aims of the APPG is to generate greater interest in microfinance, which includes, and largely depends on, raising its profile in Parliament.

Below is a selection of examples where microfinance has been the subject of oral questions, debate or Early Day motions in Parliament since the beginning of 2006:

Written/Oral Answers:

Date Questioner Respondant Focus
01/03/2010 Derek Wyatt   (Lab.)   Michael Foster (DFID) Bangladesh: Overseas Aid
13/07/2009 Annette Brooke (Lib. Dem)  Michael Foster (DFID) Multidonor Microfinance facility in Africa
26/02/2009 Annette Brooke (Lib. Dem) Michael Foster (DFID) Interest rates on Microfinance Loans
11/02/2009 Annette Brooke (Lib. Dem) Michael Foster (DFID) DFID Monitoring of Microcredit Loans
11/02/2009 Robert Goodwill (Cons) Michael Foster (DFID) Afghanistan
03/11/2008 Claire Curtis-Thomas (Lab) Douglas Alexander (DFID) International Development: Pakistan: Overseas Aid
06/10/2008 Claire Curtis-Thomas (Lab.) Douglas Alexander (DFID) Pakistan: Overseas Aid
16/07/2008 Annette Brooke (Lib. Dem.) Gillian Merron (DFID) Microfinance
24/06/2008 Claire Curtis-Thomas (Lab). Douglas Alexander (DFID) Central Asia: Economic Growth
17/06/2008 Liam Fox (Cons). Douglas Alexander (DFID) Afghanistan
05/06/2008 Tobias Ellwood (Cons). Douglas Alexander (DFID) Afghanistan
02/06/2008 Tobias Ellwood (Cons). Douglas Alexander (DFID) Afghanistan: Overseas Aid
12/03/2008 Baroness Northover (Lib Dem) Baroness Crawley Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid
04/03/2008 Karen Gillon (Lab). Linda Fabiani International Development
23/01/2008 Annette Brooke (Lib Dem) Gareth Thomas (DFID) Kenya: Financial Institutions
22/01/2008 Annette Brooke (Lib Dem) Gareth Thomas (DFID) Microfinance in Kenya
22/01/2008 Annette Brooke (Lib Dem) Gareth Thomas (DFID) Overseas Aid: Microfinance
14/01/2008 Annette Brooke (Lib Dem) Douglas Alexander(DFID) Microfinance in Kenya
18/12/2007 Annette Brooke (Lib Dem) Gareth Thomas (DFID) Uganda: Overseas Aid
11/12/2007 Annette Brooke (Lib Dem) Gareth Thomas (DFID) Microcredit Summit Campaign
22/10/2007 The Earl of Sandwich Baroness Vadera <a target="_blank" href="ht

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