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Malcolm Bruce MP
Chair of the International Development Select Committee
Malcolm Bruce MP was elected MP for the Aberdeenshire seat of Gordon in June 1983.
He has held a held a number of high profile spokesmanships for the Liberal Democrats in Westminster including: Trade and Industry, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Treasury.
He is currently Chair of the International Development Select Committee- a position he has held since 2005. The Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for International Development and its associated public bodies.
Recent reports have examined: maternal health, sanitation and water, the World Bank, HIV/Aids as well as looking at Development programmes in various regions including: Afghanistan, the Palestinian Occupied Territories, Uganda, Vietnam and the Thai-Burmese border region. Last year the Committee published their report on Fair Trade and Development (2007, HC 356).
Malcolm was made a Privy Councillor in 2006 by invitation of Her Majesty the Queen.
Malcolm has a grown-up son and a daughter from his first marriage. He has been married to Rosemary since 1998 and they have two daughters and a son.
