Category Archives: Guest Lord

Sowing the seeds of innovation…

Lord Carter 07/07/2011 – 12:20 pm

The EU Committee of the House of Lords has today published a report on “Innovation in EU Agriculture”.  It is the result of an inquiry carried out over the last year by the EU Sub-Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment, which I chair. We are calling on Europe to act quickly and coherently to transform EU agriculture, and to make it ready for a new era when global f […]

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Day four of the Live below the Line challenge…

06/05/2011 – 10:45 am

Another update from Baroness Jenkin: I was delighted to host an event in the River Room at the House of Lords last night for the Global Poverty Project and the charity partners, Restless Development (for whom, as one of their patrons, I am fundraising); Results UK; Salvation Army; Christian Aid; and Think Global, all of whom had invited their top fundraisers.  The Lord Speaker generously […]

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Half way through the Live Below the Line challenge…

04/05/2011 – 6:00 pm

An update from Baroness Jenkin... Half way through day three – in fact half way through the challenge. Phew. Yesterday’s lunch was appreciated by all, and I was flattered by the compliments about my soup, – but I was horrified to find later that I packed it all up before Baroness Jolly arrived for her soup and sandwich which meant that she didn’t eat until scrambled eggs when sh […]

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Baroness Living on a Pound a Day

03/05/2011 – 10:17 am

I’m Anne Jenkin (nee Strutt).  I became a Conservative Member of the Lords on 27th January.  I started working in the House of Commons as a secretary to various MPs in 1977, so the Westminster Village is very much my home.  I come from a political family – three of my grandparents were in the House of Lords, and two of them in the Commons as well.  I have spent the past few years campaigni […]

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The EU’s money troubles

Lord Harrison of Chester 28/03/2011 – 9:07 am

Guest blog from Lord Harrison: The European Union has money troubles. The banking crisis in 2008 was a global disaster whose impact on the EU is still being felt. Just days ago Portugal’s government fell when its plans to cut Portugal’s enormous budget deficit were rejected. It is now paying over 8% interest (that’s compared to under 5% for the UK – an enormous difference when a cou […]

Written at 9:07 am on 28/03/2011, by Lord Harrison of Chester

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