The Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee will publish its first report tomorrow. The report deals with the threat of infectious diseases and the intergovernmental organisations ability to deal with them. Meanwhile I have been very frustrated because the Liaison Committee which decides what select committees should exist and in what form met and agreed that the…
We had a long debate on this Bill yesterday with around 50 Peers speaking – it was a long haul! I think the standard of debate was good with powerful contributions on both sides of the argument. I repeated a point I have made before that we need to borrow an aspect of continental law…
I know that this is a contentious issue but I think the debate on Afghanistanoften misses an important point about the nature of the conflict. This is not just a group of ill equipped tribesmen fighting the international forces but a mixture of sophisticated and very determined groups with a common aim of restoring Taliban rule.…
I put down the following question after growing concern about attacks on state infrastructure and now even on legislatures – although I am not sure which ones yet. I have been wondering about an international treaty or agreement to outlaw these attacks. Some states are launching such attacks – again it is difficult to prove…
My colleague Lord Dubs of Battersea has campaigned for some time for a ban on cluster munitions and is delighted that the recent Dublin conference reached agreement on this. I think many of you would be very interested to hear his views on this so I am encouraging him to join this blog. Am I right?…
