Bicentenary of Charles Darwin
17 March 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Baroness Hooper (Conservative) will call attention to the celebrations of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin in a debate this Thursday, 19 March, in the House of Lords.
Other Members scheduled to take part include:
- Lord Chorley (Crossbench); former Chairman of the National Trust and former president of the Royal Geographic Society
- Earl Selborne (Conservative); Chairman of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, and Fellow of the Linnean Society
- Lord Bew (Crossbench); Professor of Politics
- Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour); Government spokesperson for Culture
- Lord Harries of Pentregarth (Crossbench); former Bishop of Oxford, former member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Gresham Professor of Divinity
- Lord Livsey of Talgarth (Liberal Democrat); former Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Agriculture
- Lord McColl of Dulwich (Conservative); Opposition spokesperson for Health and a former surgeon, with an interest in forestry and ornithology
- Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (Crossbench); specialist interest in Latin America
- Lord Jenkin of Roding (Conservative); President of the Foundation for Science and Technology
- Lord Lyell (Conservative); former Conservative Whip and descendent of Charles Lyell - 19th century geologist and contemporary of Charles Darwin who is thought to have inspired Darwin to think more about evolution
- Lord Macdonald of Tradeston (Labour); former executive of Granada Television
Further information
- Alphabetical list of Members of the Lords
- Parliamentary calendar
- List of speakers - Lords Government Whips Office
- Parliament Live - watch the debate live
- Lords Hansard - transcript available approximately three hours from the start of the debate