House of Lords Committees:
Forthcoming Public Meetings

Enquiries about Lords Committees may be put to the Lords Committee Office 020 7219 2940

(Subject Matters are in brackets)

Monday 18 February

Intergovernmental Organisations Committee                 4.00pm

Evidence will be heard from Gill Walt, Professor of International Health Policy and Dr Richard Coker, Reader in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and from Professor Janet Hemingway, Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

(Intergovernmental action to control the spread of infectious diseases)

Tuesday 19 February

European Union Sub-Committee A                         10.40am

Evidence will be heard from Keith Boyfield, and Florenica Ahumada Segura, Keith Boyfield Associates; and Dr Robert Leonardi, London School of Economics.

(Future of European Structural Funds)

Joint Committee on Human Rights                     1.45pm

Evidence will be heard on Immigration and Human Rights from Liam Byrne MP, Minister of State, Home Office.

Science & Technology Committee                     3.40pm

Evidence will be heard from Dr Michael Dixon, Director, and Professor Richard Lane, Deputy Director and Director of Sciences, Natural History Museum; Professor Mary Gibby, Director of Science, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; and from Professor Stephen Hopper, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; other witnesses tbc.

(Systematics and Taxonomy)

Wednesday 20 February

Constitution Committee                             10.45am

Evidence will be heard from Philip Virgo, Secretary General, EURIM (European Information Society Group); and Toby Stevens, Director, Enterprise Privacy Group.

(Surveillance and Data Collection)

Thursday 21 February

European Union Sub-Committee G                     10.10am

Evidence will be heard from Dr Anthony Warrens, Reader and Honorary Consultant Physician, and Dr Keith Rigg, Vice-President, British Transplantation Society.

(Organ donation and transplantation)