Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Intergovernmental Organisations Committee on Diseases Know No Frontiers: How Effective are Intergovernmental Organisations in Controlling their Spread? (HL 143 2007-08). Agreed to on question.

Lords debate on motion to take note of the report of the Intergovernmental Organisations Committee on Diseases Know No Frontiers: How Effective are Intergovernmental Organisations in Controlling their Spread? (HL 143 2007-08). Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part for their constructive and very supportive comments. I thank the Minister for clarifying the Government’s position on the World Bank and investment in health infrastructure and for indicating the importance which the Government attach to moving forward on the animal health/human...

My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part for their constructive and very supportive comments. I thank the Minister for clarifying the Government’s position on the World Bank and investment in health infrastructure and for indicating the importance which the Government attach to moving forward on the animal health/human...

My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Soley, for introducing the report so comprehensively and charmingly. There is a lot of worry about how a flu pandemic should be handled. Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College has described a very useful computer model to test a...

My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Soley, for introducing the report so comprehensively and charmingly. There is a lot of worry about how a flu pandemic should be handled. Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College has described a very useful computer model to test a...

My Lords, it is with great humility that I answer this debate. As I read the committee’s report and evidence over the past week, I realised what a very important contribution its work has made on this vital issue. I am not surprised that this was the first subject that...

My Lords, it is with great humility that I answer this debate. As I read the committee’s report and evidence over the past week, I realised what a very important contribution its work has made on this vital issue. I am not surprised that this was the first subject that...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to thank my noble friend Lord Soley for having initiated and having led this inquiry in a most efficient and charming manner. We finally got to grips with what is really an enormously complex subject. Before I turn to the topic of the...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to thank my noble friend Lord Soley for having initiated and having led this inquiry in a most efficient and charming manner. We finally got to grips with what is really an enormously complex subject. Before I turn to the topic of the...

My Lords, it is a true delight to take part in this debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Soley, the committee and the staff with whom he worked for producing a really excellent and interesting report. I thank him for the informative and engaging way in which he introduced...

My Lords, it is a true delight to take part in this debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Soley, the committee and the staff with whom he worked for producing a really excellent and interesting report. I thank him for the informative and engaging way in which he introduced...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this debate on Diseases Know No Frontiers, which results from the work of the committee so ably chaired by the noble Lord, Lord Soley, who has pretty well done my job for me. The committee could have chosen a great many...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this debate on Diseases Know No Frontiers, which results from the work of the committee so ably chaired by the noble Lord, Lord Soley, who has pretty well done my job for me. The committee could have chosen a great many...

My Lords, this new and, to my mind, very important committee had a good start with the chairmanship of my noble friend Lord Soley and the services of our Clerk, Robert Preston, and his team. They succeeded in confining a potentially vast subject into a manageable space and enabled us...

My Lords, this new and, to my mind, very important committee had a good start with the chairmanship of my noble friend Lord Soley and the services of our Clerk, Robert Preston, and his team. They succeeded in confining a potentially vast subject into a manageable space and enabled us...

My Lords, as the first speaker who has not been a member of the committee, I congratulate it on a very good report that dissected the issues, drew out the key points, and finished quite rightly on the sobering note that a pandemic is likely at some point. I very...

My Lords, as the first speaker who has not been a member of the committee, I congratulate it on a very good report that dissected the issues, drew out the key points, and finished quite rightly on the sobering note that a pandemic is likely at some point. I very...

That this House takes note of the report of the Intergovernmental Organisations Committee, Diseases Know No Frontiers: How Effective are Intergovernmental Organisations in Controlling their Spread? Relevant document: First report from the Intergovernmental Organisations Committee.

That this House takes note of the report of the Intergovernmental Organisations Committee, Diseases Know No Frontiers: How Effective are Intergovernmental Organisations in Controlling their Spread? Relevant document: First report from the Intergovernmental Organisations Committee.

My Lords, in moving the Motion I want to draw attention to this report, which I think has been very well received not only in this country but in other parts of the world. It is one of a number of reports dealing with contagious diseases over a number of...

My Lords, in moving the Motion I want to draw attention to this report, which I think has been very well received not only in this country but in other parts of the world. It is one of a number of reports dealing with contagious diseases over a number of...

I absolutely agree. I am sure that the Minister will tell us that she has an appointment with President Bush shortly to do exactly that. I do not wish to be flippant, however, because key individuals, such as Margaret Chan, have gone not only the extra mile, but an extra...

I absolutely agree. I am sure that the Minister will tell us that she has an appointment with President Bush shortly to do exactly that. I do not wish to be flippant, however, because key individuals, such as Margaret Chan, have gone not only the extra mile, but an extra...

The hon. Gentleman has reminded me of what I heard at the World Health Organisation last week. Margaret Chan has been an absolute champion at going out and getting funding from some of the emerging wealthy nations that do not usually give to the donor community. I heard how she...

The hon. Gentleman has reminded me of what I heard at the World Health Organisation last week. Margaret Chan has been an absolute champion at going out and getting funding from some of the emerging wealthy nations that do not usually give to the donor community. I heard how she...

After the sometimes stormy weather in Parliament this week, it is a real pleasure to be in the relative oasis of calm consensus. It has been instructive to listen while the Minister and the Conservative spokesman have introduced the debate. The problem with consensus is that by the time the...

After the sometimes stormy weather in Parliament this week, it is a real pleasure to be in the relative oasis of calm consensus. It has been instructive to listen while the Minister and the Conservative spokesman have introduced the debate. The problem with consensus is that by the time the...

In terms of both development and health goals, we in the United Kingdom and others in the developed world have set ourselves a long series of ambitious targets. The interaction between health and development can often leave us in a Catch-22 situation, as improvements in development can lead to a...

In terms of both development and health goals, we in the United Kingdom and others in the developed world have set ourselves a long series of ambitious targets. The interaction between health and development can often leave us in a Catch-22 situation, as improvements in development can lead to a...

When I was in Ethiopia about four years ago, I was staggered to hear that there are more Ethiopian doctors in the United States than in Ethiopia. We have done some work to stop that export of valuable people, but it is an international issue and cannot be tackled just...

When I was in Ethiopia about four years ago, I was staggered to hear that there are more Ethiopian doctors in the United States than in Ethiopia. We have done some work to stop that export of valuable people, but it is an international issue and cannot be tackled just...

I am grateful to have this opportunity to participate in a debate in parliamentary time about the international health partnership because I believe, as I am sure we all do, that the state of the health of the world's poorest people is one of the great injustices of our time,...

I am grateful to have this opportunity to participate in a debate in parliamentary time about the international health partnership because I believe, as I am sure we all do, that the state of the health of the world's poorest people is one of the great injustices of our time,...

I am pleased to hear that, Lady Winterton. We look forward to her doing so.

I am pleased to hear that, Lady Winterton. We look forward to her doing so.

I look forward to dealing with as many points as the hon. Gentleman, or any other hon. Member, raises.

I look forward to dealing with as many points as the hon. Gentleman, or any other hon. Member, raises.