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…
This is a quite extraordinary crisis with no end in sight yet. Both Houses of Parliament have had Ministerial statements made recently. The following one was made in the Lords yesterday and I made a contribution on the intergovernmental aspect of the crisis. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/81008-0004.htm It is a rash person who draws too many conclusions just…
I am the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Organisations Select Committee and yesterday we took evidence from Mr Sy, the Director of Partnerships and External Relations at UNAIDS in Geneva. The Committee is hearing evidence about communicable diseases and the way intergovernmental organisations are dealing with them. It is an important area of policy because globalisation…
