Strengthening governance and the rule of law in Africa
4 March 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
The Earl of Sandwich (Crossbench) will call attention to the strengthening of governance and the rule of law in Africa in a debate this Thursday, 5 March, in the House of Lords.
Other Members scheduled to take part include:
- Lord Hannay of Chiswick (Crossbench); Chairman of the United Nations Association
- Lord Luce (Crossbench); Former Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and former District officer, Kenya
- Lord Parekh (Labour); politics academic
- Baroness Rawlings (Conservative); Opposition spokesperson for International development and for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Lord St John of Bletso (Crossbench); studied and practised Law in South Africa
- Baroness Verma (Conservative); Opposition Whip, political interest in overseas development
- Lord Malloch-Brown (Labour); Minister of State and Government spokesperson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Further information
- A-Z 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