On Tuesday the House will debate the report of the Select Committee on Intergovernmental Organisations dealing with controlling the spread of infectious diseases. (House of Lords paper 143-1 Session 2007-8). As I was the chairman I will initiate the debate and then it is open to all members to participate including members of the ccommittee.…
After much deliberation the Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee has produced its first (and possibly last!) report. Its title is: Diseases Know No Frontiers: How effective are Intergovernmental Organisations in controlling their spread? You can access it from the following link:http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldintergov.htm The report received wide coverage in the media with the front page of the Independent…
There was a statement in the House today on the situation in Burma following the cyclone. It is yet another reminder of why the international community needs to find ways of dealing with extreme authoritarian regimes. It is very difficult for the rest of the world to help when you are dealing with a military…
The next hearing of the Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee will be on Wednesday 26th March at 3.30pm. The hearing is open to the public as usual. Our witness will be Dr Scott Dowell, Director of the Global Disease Detection Program of the US Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA. http://www.cdc.gov/ The evidence will be taken…
