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 25 JUNE

JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS                              4.15pm

Evidence will be heard from Mencap; People First; & the Disability Rights Commission.

EUROPEAN UNION SUB-COMMITTEE B                              4.15pm

Evidence will be heard from Ms Verena Ross, Director of Strategy & Risk, Financial Services Authority; Mr Alex Blowers, International Director, Ofcom; & Sir John Mogg, Chairman, Ofgem.

(The European Commission's Review of the Single Market)

TUESDAY 26 JUNE

JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS                              9.30am

Evidence will be heard from Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SELECT COMMITTEE                         11.10am

Evidence will be heard from Dr Nigel Dowdall, Head of Health Services, British Airways; Dr Mark Popplestone, Head of Medical Services, Virgin Atlantic; & Mr Roger Wiltshire, Secretary General, British Air Transport Association (BATA).

(Air Travel & Health)

JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL     (a) 1.15pm (b) 2.00pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) Prof Sir Ian Kennedy, Healthcare Commission; Prof Sir Richard Gardner, University of Oxford; Prof Margaret Brazier, School of Law, Manchester University; Dr Francoise Shenfield, University College London Hospital; & (b) Prof Raanon Gillon, Imperial College London; Prof Soren Holm, Cardiff Law School; Prof John Haldane, Director, Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs in the University of St Andrews.

WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE

JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFT HUMAN TISSUE AND EMBRYOS BILL     (a) 3.15pm (b) 4.00pm

Evidence will be heard from (a) Prof Susan Golombok, Cambridge University; Prof Brenda Almond, University of Hull; Prof Ann Buchanan, University of Oxford; & (b) Mr Simon Denegri, Chief Executive, Association of Medical Research Charities; Prof Martin Bobrow, Academy of Medical Sciences; Prof Austin Smith, University of Cambridge; Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws, Chair, Human Genetics Commission.