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 |