International Development Committee
15 September 2026
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Committee Actual start House of Commons
15:07 - 15:26
Speaker 1
Order, order. Thank you everybody for being here for the International Development Select Committee's first session with the new Minister. It's great to have you here. I wonder if you could introduce yourself and your role and also, I mean, Nick doesn't really require any introduction, but if you could introduce Nick as well and his role.
15:26 - 15:35
Speaker 5
Thank you, Chair. So I'm Kirsty McNeill, I'm the Member of Parliament for Midlothian and I'm the Minister of State for Development and for Africa. And I'm joined today by Nick.
15:35 - 15:40
Speaker 2
Nick Dyer, I'm one of the two Permanent Secretaries in the FCDO.
15:40 - 15:46
Speaker 1
As the, we saw the announcement of the new Permanent Secretary, do we know when she's actually going to take office?
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