Having just got to the end of five days of living on £1 or less a day, I celebrated with two hard-boiled eggs, toast and marmite and some freshly-ground coffee. It tasted wonderful and was greatly appreciated. But this exercise has been an incredibly sobering experience for me. I have spent many years working in…
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…
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…
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…
