Bedd Gelert snuck in a little note on the failed proposal for a Welsh badger cull to Lord Norton’s last so I thought I’d take this opportunity to respond. I have more the average fondness for badgers because I once played one! The role of Badger in Wind in the Willows was my first starring…
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.…
I shall be leaving for Geneva with other members of the Select Committee shortly and returning on Tuesday. We will be taking evidence form the World Health Organisation, UNITAID, (http://www.unitaid.eu/ ) Stop TB Partnership, The International federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, GAVI ( http://www.gavialliance.org/ ) and WIPO (http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.) amongst others. It’s a busy schedule but should…
