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)

Tuesday 6 May

European Union Sub-Committee A                        10.40am

Evidence will be heard from Mr Guy de Jonquieres, Senior Fellow, Chatham House; Dr Christopher Stevens, and Ms Sheila Page, Overseas Development Institute.

(European Trade Policy)

Science and Technology Sub-Committee I                    (a) 11.10am (b) 12.10pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) Mr Martin Brock, Quality & Environment Manager, Balfour Beatty (representing CIRIA); Ms Gilli Hobbs, Director of Resource Efficiency, Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE); Mr Andrew Swain, UK Environmental Advisor, Aggregate Industries; and (b) Ms Lesley Seymour, Associate & Sustainable Development Consultant, Buro Happold (representing the Institution of Civil Engineers); Mr Rainer Zimmann, Associate Director, Arup; Mr Chris Sexton, Head of Engineering, Laing O'Rourke; and Mr Cal Bailey, NG Bailey (representing the Specialist Engineering Contractors' Group)

(Waste Reduction)

Intergovernmental Organisations Committee                    3.30pm

Evidence will be heard from Professor Harvey Rubin, University of Pennsylvania

(Control the spread of infectious diseases)

Economic Affairs Committee                        (a) 3.35pm (b) 4.15pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) Professor Paul Ekins and Dr Neil Strachan, King's College London; and from (b) Dr Simon Watson, Loughborough University, Professor AbuBakr Bahaj, University of Southampton, and Professor Tony Bridgewater, Aston University..

(Economics of Renewable Energy)

Science & Technology Committee                        (a) 4.15pm (b) 5.15pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) Dr Alf Game, Head of Plants Microbes and Genetics Branch, and Mr Steve Visscher, Interim Chief Executive, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); and Professor Alan Thorpe, Chief Executive, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); and (b) from Ministers.

Wednesday 7 May

Science & Technology Sub-Committee II                    10.30am

Evidence will be heard from Professor Sally Davies, and Dr Mark Bale, DoH; and Paul Williams, Head of Research Council Unit, DIUS.

(Genomic Medicine)

Constitution Committee                            (a) 10.45am (b) 11.30am

Evidence will be heard from (a) Professor Dawn Oliver, Professor of Constitutional Law, and Professor Joerg Fedtke, University College London; and from (b) Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers.

(Surveillance and Data Collection)

European Union Sub-committee E                        (a) 3.00pm (b) 4.00pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) Mr Tony Long, Director, WWF European Policy Office; and (b) a representative of the Freight Transport Association; and Mr Roberto Ferrigno, Vice-President for Public Affairs, Weber Shandwick.

(Initiation of EU Legislation)

Finance Bill Sub-Committee                        (a) 3.30pm (b) 4.30pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) Mr Michael Snyder, Deputy Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation; Mr Alex Henderson, adviser to the City of London; and Mr Ian Menzies-Conacher, Chair of Tax Panel, British Bankers' Association (BBA); and from (b) Mr Richard Baron, Head of Taxation, Institute of Directors (IoD); and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).