PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Disasters Emergency Committee (26 June 2015)

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.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

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.

Answered by:
Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
3 July 2015