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 parliamentary questions, debate or Early Day motions in Parliament since 2007:
| Date | Questioner | Respondant | Focus |
| 25/2/2013 | Guto Bebb (Con) | Lynne Featherstone (DFID) | UK International Climate Fund support for microinsurance |
| 25/2/2013 | Guto Bebb (Con) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | DFID support for inclusive financial services and regulatory reform |
| 14/2/2013 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Women's Empowerment | |
| 12/2/2013 | Ivan Lewis (Lab) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | UK Aid to Burma |
| 22/11/2012 | The Bishop of Bath and Wells | Post-2015 Development Goals | |
| 23/10/2012 | Annette Brooke (LD) | Post-2015 Development Goals | |
| 22/10/2012 | The Bishop of Leicester | Development Aid | |
| 22/10/2012 | Anne Main (Con) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | DFID Support for Microfinance in Bangladesh |
| 22/10/2012 | Nick de Bois (Con) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | DFID Microfinance programme in Bangladesh |
| 15/10/2012 | Chris White (Con) | Michael Fallon (Business, Innovation & Skills) | Financing for social enterprises in the UK |
| 10/9/2012 | Andrew Jones (Con) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | DFID Support for Inclusive Financial Services |
| 31/7/2012 | Lord Hylton (CB) | Lord Howell of Guildford (FCO) | Middle East & North Africa: Women |
| 12/7/2012 | George Freeman [Con] | Domestic Banking Competition and Access to Credit | |
| 2/7/2012 | Jonathan Ashworth (Lab) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | DFID Consultations |
| 26/6/2012 | Kate Green (Lab) | Women (Global Economy) | |
| 24/5/2012 | Lord de Mauley (Con) | Domestic Small and Micro-Business Borrowing | |
| 24/5/2012 | Nigel Adams (Con) | Mark Prisk (Business, Innovation & Skills) | Domestic Small Enterprise Finance |
| 23/5/2012 | Mary Macleod (Con) | David Cameron (Con) | Support for Microfinance in the G8 |
| 17/5/2012 | Lord German (LD) | Microfinance in Lesotho | |
| 19/4/2012 | Nick de Bois (Con) | George Young (Con) | Domestic Small Enterprise Finance |
| 15/3/2012 | Derek Twigg (Lab) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | Inter-American Development Bank and Argentina |
| 8/3/2012 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | International Women's Day | |
| 8/3/2012 | Margot James (Con) | International Women's Day | |
| 1/3/2012 | Baroness Morris of Bolton (Con) | International Women's Day | |
| 1/3/2012 | Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con) | International Women's Day | |
| 1/3/2012 | Baroness Verma (Con) | International Women's Day | |
| 1/3/2012 | Lord Mitchell (Lab) | International Women's Day | |
| 1/3/2012 | Bishop of Bath and Wells | International Women's Day | |
| 26/01/2012 | Lord Judd (Lab) | Baroness Northover (LD) | Role of UNRWA in Gaza |
| 26/01/2012 | Rushanara Ali (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | The UK in India |
| 26/01/2012 | Michael McCann (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | The UK in India |
| 25/01/2012 | Anne-Marie Morris (Con) | Micro-businesses | |
| 16/01/2012 | William Hague (FCO) | Burma | |
| 16/01/2012 | Ivan Lewis (Lab) | Andrew Mitchell (DFID) | Microfinance at DFID |
| 17/10/2011 | Lindsay Roy (Lab) | Andrew Mitchell (DFID) | International Development |
| 17/10/2011 | Meg Hillier (Lab) | Andrew Mitchell (DFID) | International Development |
| 06/10/2011 | Lord Bhattacharyya (Lab) | Baroness Andrews (Lab) | Social Enterprise |
| 07/09/2011 | David Ward (LD) | Mark Hoban (Cons) | Treasury |
| 07/09/2011 | Jo Swinson (LD) | Chris Grayling (Work and Pensions) | Microcredit and UK welfare |
| 05/09/2011 | Alison McGovern (Lab) | Alan Duncan (Cons) | International Development |
| 18/07/2011 | Amber Rudd (Cons) | Chris Grayling (Cons) | Work and Pensions |
| 18/07/2011 | William Bain (Lab) | Mark Prisk (Cons) | Business, Innovation and Skills |
| 30/06/2011 | Damian Hinds (Cons) | Debate:Cooperatives and Mutuals | |
| 27/06/2011 | Lord Chidgey (LD) | Baroness Verma (Cons) | Ethiopia |
| 22/06/2011 | Andrew Love (Lab) | James Morris (Cons) | The Economy |
| 10/05/2011 | Simon Hughes (LD) | Henry Bellingham (Cons) | UK & Sierra Leone |
| 04/05/2011 | Zac Goldsmith (Cons) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 28/04/2011 | Baroness Verma (Cons) | Debate: Poverty in Developing World | |
| 22/03/2011 | Caroline Dinenage (Cons) | Promotion of Women in Business | |
| 18/03/2011 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | Developing Countries: Females |
| 17/03/2011 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | Microfinance |
| 16/03/2011 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | International Development |
| 16/03/2011 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Andrew Mitchell (DFID) | International Development |
| 15/03/2011 | Jim Cunningham (Lab) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | International Development |
| 14/03/2011 | Robin Harper (Green) | Jim Mather (Scottish National Party) | Young People |
| 10/03/2011 | Robert Blackman-Woods(Lab) | Debate:UN Women | |
| 10/03/2011 | Mary MacLeod | Debate:UN Women | |
| 10/03/2011 | Rehman Chrishti (Con) | Debate:UN Women | |
| 10/03/2011 | Andrea Leadsom (Con) | Debate:UN Women | |
| 03/03/2011 | Stephen Lloyd (LD) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | Microfinance |
| 03/03/2011 | Baroness Verma (Cons) | International Women's Day | |
| 03/03/2011 | William Bain (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 28/02/2011 | Robert Syms (Cons) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 28/02/2011 | Robert Syms (Cons) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | Microfinance |
| 28/02/2011 | Kerry McCarthy (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 28/02/2011 | Annette Brooke (LD) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 28/02/2011 | Annette Brooke (LD) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | Microfinance |
| 28/02/2011 | Annette Brooke (LD) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | Microfinance |
| 16/02/2011 | Barry Gardiner (Lab) | Andrew Mitchell (DFID) | India |
| 16/02/2011 | Katy Clark (Lab) | Damian Hinds | Youth Unemployment |
| 14/02/2011 | Douglas Alexander (Lab) | William Hague (Cons) | Middle East |
| 31/01/2011 | Rushanara Ali (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 31/01/2011 | Rushanara Ali (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 27/01/2011 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Mark Prisk (BIS) | Microfinance |
| 27/01/2011 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | Microfinance |
| 27/01/2011 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | Microfinance |
| 26/01/2011 | Valerie Vaz (Lab) | Mark Prisk (BIS) | Microfinance |
| 25/01/2011 | Chris Grayling (Cons) | Work and Pensions | |
| 12/10/2011 | Kerry McCarthy (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 10/01/2011 | Harriet Harman (Lab) | Andrew Mitchell (DFID) | Microfinance |
| 21/12/2010 | Kerry McCarthy (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | Developing Countries: Insurance |
| 14/12/2010 | Rushanara Ali (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DFID) | International Development |
| 03/12/2010 | Kerry McCarthy (Lab) | Stephen O'Brien (DIFD) | International Development |
| 29/11/2010 | The Earl of Sandwich (Crossbencher) | Baroness Verma | South Asia: Microfinance |
| 23/11/2010 | Damien Hinds (Cons) | Alan Duncan (DFID) | Developing Countries: Microfinance |
| 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 |