Tag Archives: Infectious diseases

Swine fever

Lord Soley 29/04/2009 – 3:15 pm

There was a statement on swine fever on Monday. A flu pandemic has been feared for some years and it was one of the issues covered in the report of the Intergovernmental Organisations Select committee that I chaired.  http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm74/7475/7475.pdf The UK has a leading role in the identification and treatment of infectious diseases and we found considerable int […]

Liaison Committee

Lord Soley 20/07/2008 – 5:00 pm

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 Intergovernmental […]