Monday 19th September 2011
Speaker: MR. OMAR TURBI
On: ‘A VISION FOR LIBYA‘
Chair: SIR ELDON GRIFFITHS
Vote of Thanks: SIR ELDON GRIFFITHS
Location: THE CALEDONIAN CLUB
Wednesday 29th June 2011
Speakers: (1) WILL HUTTON
On: ‘THEM AND US: CHANGING BRITIAN – WHY WE NEED A FAIR SOCIETY’
(2) SIMON WILSON
→ Formerly HM High Commissioner to India
On: ‘THOUGHTS ON INDIA: ITS 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES’
Chairman: The RT. HON. LORD HAMILTON OF EPSOM
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM, HOUSE OF LORDS
Location Two: THE NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB
Wednesday 6th April 2011
Speaker: SIR ELDON GRIFFITHS
On: ‘CURRENT TRANS-ATLANTIC ACHES & PAINS: US REPUBLICAN VERSUS BRITISH MONARCHIAL DEMOCRACY’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. LORD HAMILTON OF EPSOM
Location: THE EAST INDIA CLUB
Monday 21st March 2011
Speaker: TUN DR. MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD
→ Former Prime Minster of Malaysia
On: ‘MALAYSIA IN ASIA’
Chairman: LORD LAIRD OF ARTIGARVAN
Opening discussion: MR WILLIAM CASH MP
Vote of Thanks: THE RIGHT HON LORD HAMILTON OF EPSOM
Location: GRAND COMMITTEE ROOM,HOUSE OF COMMONS
Wednesday, 23rd February, 2011
Speaker: DR CHARLES TANNOCK
→ Member of the European Parliament for London
On: ‘EGYPT!’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. LORD HAMILTON OF EPSOM
Location: THE CARLTON CLUB
Monday, 8th November, 2010
Speakers: (1) DAVID MINGE (Democrat)
(2) JIM KOLBE (Republican)
On: ‘THE IMPACT OF THE US MIDTERM ELECTIONS’
Chairman of House of Lords Meeting: THE LORD LAIRD OF ARTIGARVAN
Opening Discussion: PROFESSOR PHILIP DAVIES
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
In Association With: THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER CONGRESSMEN
Location: THE ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
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Tuesday, 26th October, 2010
Speaker: HIS EXCELLENCY MR MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ MUNERA
On: ‘FROM FAILING STATE TO RISING STAR’
Chairman: THE BARONESS HOOPER, CMG
Opening Discussion: THE RT. HON. LORD HAMILTON OF EPSOM
Vote of Thanks: ANTHONY WESTNEDGE, OBE
Location: THE CALEDONIAN CLUB
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 14th July, 2010
Speaker: SIR ELDON GRIFFITHS
On: ‘THE TRANS-ATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP’
Chairman: THE BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Opening discussion: THE BARONESS HOOPER
Vote of Thanks: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
Location: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Thursday, 10th June, 2010
Speaker: Dr JOHN SENTAMU
→ THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
On: ‘Many Creeds – One God? A CHRISTIAN LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE OF FAITH’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. LORD HAMILTON OF EPSOM
Opening Discussion: THE RT. HON. BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Vote of Thanks: THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF AMAMEIN CMG, CMG
Location: The Carlton Club
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 31st March, 2010
Speaker: LORD GIDDENS
On: ‘THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AFTER COPENHAGEN’
Chairmen: THE LORD LAIRD OF ARTIGARVAN
Opening Discussion: THE RT. HON. LORD HAMILTON OF EPSOM
Vote of Thanks: THE LORD DYKES
Location: NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 23rd February, 2010
Speaker: THE VISCOUNT MONCKTON OF BRENCHLEY
On: ‘THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AFTER COPENHAGEN’
Chairmen: THE LORD LAIRD
Opening Discussion: THE BARONESS QUIN
Vote of Thanks: ANNE HODSON-PRESSINGER
Location: ST ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
60th Anniversary of NATO
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
On: ‘WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS PORTEND’
Chairman: RT. HON. BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNAM DEAN
Vote of Thanks: GEORGE GUISE
Location: ST ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
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9th November 2009
Tuesday, 7th July, 2009
Speaker: LORD CORBETT OF CASTLE VALE
On ‘IRAN: PARTNER OR PARIAH IN A TURBULENT REGION?’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Opening Discussion: WILLIAM MORRIS (Next Century Foundation)
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Location: THE NAVAL AND MILITARY CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday, 8th June, 2009
Speaker: (1) His Excellency Dr KENNETH KAUNDA
→ THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA
(2) GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
On: ‘A SPEECH AND CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP’
Chairman: LORD DYKES
Vote of Thanks: THE RT.HON. BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Location: NAVAL AND MILITARY CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday 18th May 2009
Speaker: DELE OGUN
On: ‘ANOTHER WAY FOR NIGERIA’
Chairman/Sponsor of House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Vote of Thanks: PROFESSORE ALAN LEE WILLIAMS, MBE
Location: COMMITTEE ROOM 11, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Q&A Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 16 th April, 2009
Speaker: CHIEF AJMAL KHAN ZAZAI
On: ‘THE WAY FORWARD FOR AFGHANISTAN’
Hosts: COUNT AND COUNTESS DE BESSENYEY (MEMBERS, E-AG)
Chairman: HAROLD W. SANDS (Hon Treasurer, E-AG)
Location: Upton Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016, US
Speech Transcript Available
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Tuesday, 7th April, 2009
Speaker: JOHN LLOYD
On: ‘FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE MEDIA’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON
Opening Discussion: CLEMENS NATHAN
Vote of Thanks: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
In Association with: THE CLEMENS NATHAN RESEARCH CENTRE
Location: The Carlton Club
Speech Transcript Available
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Tuesday, 24th February, 2009
Speaker: THE RT. HON. THE LORD HOWELL OF GUILDFORD
On: ‘TOWARDS ENERGY AND CLIMATE REALISM’
Chairman,House of Lords: THE RT. HON. BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNAM DEAN
Chairman,Dinner-Debate: THE BARONESS HOOPER, CMG
Location One:: COMMITTEE ROOM 2, HOUSE OF LORDS
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Friday, 28th November, 2008
Speaker: MARK TOKOLA
→ Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs, American Embassy in London
On: ‘IRAQ, THE RECONSTRUCTION‘
Chairman of Luncheon-Discussion: LORD DYKES
Conclusion: THE LORD WATSON OF RICHMOND, CBE
In Association With: ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION, MID-ATLANTIC CLUB and THE CLEMENS NATHAN
RESEARCH CENTRE
Location One: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Location Two: NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB, WHITEHALL PLACE
Guest List Available
Monday, 10th November, 2008
Speakers: (1) CONGRESSMAN JOHN JACOB RHODES III (REPUBLICAN)
(2) CONGRESSMAN GEORGE HOCHBRUECKNER (DEMOCRAT)
On: ‘THE AMERICAN ELECTION: RESULTS and EXPECTATIONS’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON
Opening Discussion: PROFESSOR PHILIP DAVIES
In Association With: THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER CONGRESSMEN, THE ECCLES CENTRE FOR AMERICAN STUDIES
AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY AND THE CLEMENS NATHAN RESEARCH CENTRE
Vote of Thanks: SIR JOHN OSBORN
Location: THE CARLTON CLUB
Guest List Available
Monday, 20th October, 2008
Speakers: (1) DEREK TONKIN CMG
→ Former H. M. Ambassador to Thailand and Vietnam
(2) BO AUNG DIN
→ Chairman, the Parliamentary Democracy Party of Burma
(3) STEPHEN THOMAS of the PDP
On: ‘MYANMAR OR BURMA: CAN THE WEST HELP?’
Chairman of House of Commons Meeting: JOHN PUGH, MP
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: LORD DYKES
In Association with: CLEMENS NATHAN RESEARCH CENTRE
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM10, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Speaker: HUGO DIXON
→ Of breakingviews.com
On: ‘THE FINANCIAL CRISIS?’
Chairman: THE LORD DYKES
Opening Discussion: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO, and CMG
Vote of Thanks: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Location: THE SAVILE CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Tuesday 3rd June 2008
Speaker: PRESIDENT VYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS
Chairman: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Vote of Thanks: GENERAL SIR GARRY JOHNSON, KCB, OBE, and MC
Location: THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CLUB
Guest List Available
Wednesday 7th May 2008
Speaker: GENERAL SIR DAVID RICHARDS, KCB CBE DSO
→ COMMANDER-in-CHIEF, LAND COMMAND
On: ‘THE ARMED FORCES: A PERSPECTIVE’
Chairman of House of Commons Meeting: FRANK COOK, MP
Opening Debate: VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, CMG
Vote of Thanks: GENERAL SIR MICHAEL ‘MIKE’ JACKSON, GCB CBE DSO DL
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNAM DEAN
Opening Debate: SIR JEFFREY JAMES KBE and CBEVote of Thanks: GENERAL SIR GARRY JOHNSON KCB, OBE, MC
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM 9, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Thursday 24th April 2008
Speakers: (1) THE LORD POWELL OF BAYSWATER, KCMG
→ Recently Chairman of the China-Britain Business Council
(2) Her Excellency Mrs. FU YING
→ Ambassador of China
On: ‘HOW CHINA IS TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS’
Chairman, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman, Dinner-Debate: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNAM DEAN
House of Commons Sponsor: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Opening Discussion: LORD DYKES
Vote of Thanks: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location One: Committee Room 14, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 2nd April, 2008
Speaker: PASHTUN PARAMOUNT CHIEF AJMAL KHAN ZAZAI
On: ‘AFGHANISTAN – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE APPROACH’
Chairman, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Sponsor, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Location: ROOM 10, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 6th March, 2008
Speaker: THE RT. HON. MARGARET BECKETT, MP
On: ‘THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING FOREIGN SECRETARY’
Chairman: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Opening Discussion: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO, and CMG
Vote of Thanks: SHEIKHA SHENDA AMERY KHAZAL
Location: THE CALEDONIAN CLUB
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 26th February, 2008
Speaker: GENERAL SIR MICHAEL ‘MIKE’ JACKSON GCB CBE DSO ADC
On: ‘A GENERAL’S REFLECTIONS’
Chairman: THE LORD DYKES
Opening Discussion: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Vote of Thanks: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
Location: THE NAVAL AND MILITARY CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday, 10th December, 2007
Speaker: THE LORD WATSON OF RICHMOND CBE
On: ‘EUROPEAN-ATLANTIC RELATIONS’
Chairman: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
Location: NEW CAVENDISH CLUB
Guest List Available
Monday 5th November 2007
Speakers: Congresswoman Sue Kelly (Republican)
Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly (Democrat)
On: AMERICA AT HOME AND ABROAD
Chairman of House of Commons Meeting: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: LORD MONTGOMERY
In Association: THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Location: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 18th October, 2007
Speaker: SIR MICHAEL BURTON
On: ‘THE IMPACT ON THE COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND EUROPEAN LAW’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
→ Formerly President of the E-AG
Location: THE SAVILE CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday, 2nd October, 2007
Speaker: DAME ELIZA MANNINGHAM-BULLER
→ DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE SECURITY SERVICE
On: ‘REFLECTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM’
Chairman: SIR NEVILLE TROTTER
Location: THE ATHENAEUM CLUB
Guest List Available
Thursday, 20th September, 2007
Speaker: ADMIRAL SIR MARK STANHOPE KCB OBE
→ (To Be Shortly) Commander-In-Chief, Fleet, recently Deputy Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation (SACT) Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) for
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
On: ‘ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION FOUR YEARS ON AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF NATO ON THE FUTURE.’
Chairman: SIR NEVILLE TROTTER
Vote of Thanks: LORD DYKES
Location: ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE
Guest List Available
Monday, 21st May, 2007
Speaker: HER EXCELLENCY GABRIELE MATZNER-HOLZER
→ The Ambassador of Austria
On: ‘LOOKING BACK, AROUND AND AHEAD FROM THE CENTRE OF EUROPE’
Chairman: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Opening Discussion: PROFESSOR PETER BARTA
Vote of Thanks: LORD DYKES
Location: The ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE, OVER-SEAS HOUSE
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 19th April, 2007
Speaker: SIR MICHAEL QUINLAN, GCB
On: ‘THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN WORLD SECURITY’
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS OBE
Location: St. Ermin’s Hotel
Guest List Available
Thursday, 22nd March, 2007
Speaker: SIR MAURICE SHOCK
On: ‘ADVICE TO A PRIME MINISTER’
Chairman: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
Location: The NEW CAVENDISH CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 8th March, 2007
Speaker: SIR CHRISTOPHER GENT
On: ‘US/EUROPEAN RELATIONS FROM A GOVERNANCE AND GLOBALISATION POINT OF VIEW’
Chairman,House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman,Dinner-Debate: LORD DYKES
Location One: PORTCULLIS HOUSE
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
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Friday 23rd February, 2007
Speaker: MAJOR GENERAL PATRICK CORDINGLEY DSO DSC FRGS
On: ‘AFGHANISTAN: THE USE OF FORCE’
Chairman: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS OBE
Opening Discussion: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS OBE
Vote of Thanks: THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN CMG CBE
Location THE NEW CAVENDISH CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
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Thursday, 1st February, 2007
Speaker: HIS EXCELLENCY MR ROBERT TUTTLE
→ Ambassador of the United States of America
On: ‘AMERICA’S NEW PERSPECTIVE’
Chairman of House of Commons Meeting: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: BARONESS HOOPER MG
Location One: PORTCULLIS HOUSE
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 1st February, 2007
Speaker: HIS EXCELLENCY MR ROBERT TUTTLE
→ Ambassador of the United States of America
On: ‘AMERICA’S NEW PERSPECTIVE‘
Chairman of House of Commons Meeting: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: BARONESS HOOPER MG
Location One: PORTCULLIS HOUSE
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Friday 23rd February, 2007
Speaker: MAJOR GENERAL PATRICK CORDINGLEY DSO DSC FRGS
On: ‘AFGHANISTAN: THE USE OF FORCE‘
Chairman: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS OBE
Opening Discussion: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS OBE
Vote of Thanks: THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN CMG CBE
Location THE NEW CAVENDISH CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Tueday, 8th March, 2007
Speaker: SIR CHRISTOPHER GENT
On: ‘US/EUROPEAN RELATIONS FROM A GOVERNANCE AND GLOBALISATION POINT OF VIEW‘
Chairman,House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman,Dinner-Debate: LORD DYKES
Location One: PORTCULLIS HOUSE
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 22nd March, 2007
Speaker: SIR MAURICE SHOCK
On: ‘ADVICE TO A PRIME MINISTER‘
Chairman: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
Location: The NEW CAVENDISH CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 19th April, 2007
Speaker: SIR MICHAEL QUINLAN, GCB
On: ‘THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN WORLD SECURITY‘
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS OBE
Location: St. Ermin’s Hotel
Guest List Available
Monday, 21st May, 2007
Speaker: HER EXCELLENCY GABRIELE MATZNER-HOLZER
→ The Ambassador of Austria
On: ‘LOOKING BACK, AROUND AND AHEAD FROM THE CENTRE OF EUROPE‘
Chairman: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Opening Discussion: PROFESSOR PETER BARTA
Vote of Thanks: LORD DYKES
Location: The ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE, OVER-SEAS HOUSE
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 19 th June, 2007
Function:’THE CASE FOR THE EU: 50 th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNDING OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITY’
Proposing:: PROFESSOR STEPHEN HASELER
Opposing: DEREK SCOTT
Chairman: THE LORD DYKES
Vote of Thanks: THE BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location: THE SAVILE CLUB
Guest List Available
Thursday, 20th September, 2007
Speaker: ADMIRAL SIR MARK STANHOPE KCB OBE
→ (To Be Shortly) Commander-In-Chief, Fleet, recently Deputy Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation (SACT) Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) for
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
On: ‘ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION FOUR YEARS ON AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF NATO ON THE FUTURE.’
Chairman: SIR NEVILLE TROTTER
Vote of Thanks: LORD DYKES
Location: ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE
Guest List Available
Monday, 2nd October, 2007
Speaker: DAME ELIZA MANNINGHAM-BULLER
→ DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE SECURITY SERVICE
On: ‘REFLECTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM‘
Chairman: SIR NEVILLE TROTTER
Location: THE ATHENAEUM CLUB
Guest List Available
Thursday, 18th October, 2007
Speaker: SIR MICHAEL BURTON
On: ‘THE IMPACT ON THE COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND EUROPEAN LAW‘
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
→ Formerly President of the E-AG
Location: THE SAVILE CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday 5th November 2007
Speakers: Congresswoman Sue Kelly (Republican)
Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly (Democrat)
On: AMERICA AT HOME AND ABROAD
Chairman of House of Commons Meeting: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: LORD MONTGOMERY
In Association: THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Location: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday, 10th December, 2007
Speaker: THE LORD WATSON OF RICHMOND CBE
On: ‘EUROPEAN-ATLANTIC RELATIONS’
Chairman: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
Location: NEW CAVENDISH CLUB
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 26th February, 2008
Speaker: GENERAL SIR MICHAEL ‘MIKE’ JACKSON GCB CBE DSO ADC
On: ‘A GENERAL’S REFLECTIONS‘
Chairman: THE LORD DYKES
Opening Discussion: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Vote of Thanks: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
Location: THE NAVAL AND MILITARY CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 6th March, 2008
Speaker: THE RT. HON. MARGARET BECKETT, MP
On: ‘THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING FOREIGN SECRETARY‘
Chairman: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
Opening Discussion: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO, and CMG
Vote of Thanks: SHEIKHA SHENDA AMERY KHAZAL
Location: THE CALEDONIAN CLUB
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 2nd April, 2008
Speaker: PASHTUN PARAMOUNT CHIEF AJMAL KHAN ZAZAI
On: ‘AFGHANISTAN – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE APPROACH‘
Chairman, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Sponsor, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Location: ROOM 10, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday 24th April 2008
Speakers: (1) THE LORD POWELL OF BAYSWATER, KCMG
→ Recently Chairman of the China-Britain Business Council
(2) Her Excellency Mrs. FU YING
→ Ambassador of China
On: ‘HOW CHINA IS TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS’
Chairman, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman, Dinner-Debate: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNAM DEAN
House of Commons Sponsor: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Opening Discussion: LORD DYKES
Vote of Thanks: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location One: Committee Room 14, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Guest List Available
Wednesday 7th May 2008
Speaker: GENERAL SIR DAVID RICHARDS, KCB CBE DSO
→ COMMANDER-in-CHIEF, LAND COMMAND
On: ‘THE ARMED FORCES: A PERSPECTIVE‘
Chairman of House of Commons Meeting: FRANK COOK, MP
Opening Debate: VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, CMG
Vote of Thanks: GENERAL SIR MICHAEL ‘MIKE’ JACKSON, GCB CBE DSO DL
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNAM DEAN
Opening Debate: SIR JEFFREY JAMES KBE and CBE
Tuesday, 14th November 2006.
Speakers: (1) THOMAS J. DOWNEY (DEMOCRAT)
(2) LOU FREY, JR. (REPUBLICAN)
On: ‘AMERICA AFTER THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS’
Chairman of House of Commons Meeting: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: LORD DYKES
In Association: THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER MEMEBERS OF CONGRESS
AND THE ECCLES CENTRE FOR AMERICAN STUDIES AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY.
Location: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 21st September, 2006
Speaker: H.E. Mr YURY VIKTOROVICH FEDOTOV
→ The Russian Ambassador
On: ‘THE G-8 SUMMIT AND THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENCY’
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: LORD DYKES
Vote of Thanks: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location: ST ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday 5th July 2006
Speaker: SIMON RAY
→ British Director, EBRD
On: ‘MAKING POVERTY HISTORY: WHAT CAN BE DONE AND HOW THE EUROPEAN BANK OF
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CAN HELP?’
Chairman: THE BARONESS HOOPER, CMG
Location: THE SAVILE CLUB
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 6th June, 2006
Speaker: LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBIN BRIMS CBE DSO
On: ‘IRAQ 2003-2005: AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE’
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: SIR NEVILLE TROTTER
Location: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Wednesday 10th May 2006
Speaker: THE RT. HON. FRANK FIELD MP
Speaking on: ‘THE EUROPEAN PENSION DEBATE’
Chairman: THE BARONESS HOOPER, CMG
Location: CALEDONIAN CLUB
Guest List Available
Monday, 27th March, 2006
Speaker: THERESA VILLIERS
→ SHADOW CHIEF SECRETARY OF THE
On: ‘THE ECONOMY’
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Vote of Thanks: LORD DYKES
Location: ST ERMIN’S HOTEL
Monday, 21st February, 2006.
Speaker: GENERAL SIR GARRY JOHNSON, KCB, OBE, MC
On ‘SECURITY CHALLENGES POSED BY THE RUSSIAN NEAR-ABROAD’
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS, OBE
Opening Discussion: SIR JEFFREY JAMES, KBE, and CMG
Vote of Thanks: DAVID COLVIN, CMG
Location: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Monday 30th January 2006
Speaker: MR DAVID BLUNKETT MP
On: ‘IS DEMOCRACY AND COUNTER-TERRORISM COMPATIBLE IN THE 21ST CETNURY?‘
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: BARONESS HOOPER CM
Vote of Thanks: LORD DYKES
Location: ST ERMINE’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Monday, 5th December 2005
Speaker: DR. GEOFREY LEE WILLIAMS
→ Director, Institute of Economic and Political Studies, Cambridge
On: ‘INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: HOW IT CAN BE STOPPED!’
Chairman: LORD DYKE
Vote of Thanks: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS OBE
Location: THE CALEDONIAN CLUB
Guest List Available
Thursday, 17th November, 2005
Speaker: THE BARONESS D’SOUZA OF WYCHWOOD
On: ‘THE RIGHT AID TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT TIME!’
Chairman: THE BARONESS HOOPER, CMG
Opening Discussion: THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
Vote of Thanks: THE BARONESS WHITAKER
Location: THE HOUSE OF LORDS
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 8th November, 2005
Speakers: (1) DR. MARTYN BOND
(2) SIR JEFFREY JAMES KBE CMG
(3) CHRISTOPHER RUNDLE, OBE
On: ‘IRAN, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY?’
Chairman,House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman,Dinner-Debate: LORD DYKES
Location One: THE GRAND COMMITTEE ROOM, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS;
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Monday, 17th October, 2005
Speaker: CONGRESSMAN THADDEUS McCOTTER
On: ‘LOOKING EAST: AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE’
On the panel at the ST. ERMINS: MIKHAIL V. DEMURIN
Chairman: LORD DYKES
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM 4, HOUSE OF LORDS
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 5th July, 2005
Speaker: THE RT. HON. LORD RADICE
On: ‘EUROPE AFTER THE REFERENDUMS’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Location: THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CLUB
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 21st June, 2005
Speaker: HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL MURPHY O’CONNOR
→ CARDINAL PRIEST OF SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA,
AND ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER
On: ‘RELIGION AND POLITICS’
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN CMG CBE
Opening Discussion: LORD AHMED OF ROTHERHAM
Vote of Thanks: PROFESSOR SIR BRYAN THWAITES
Location: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 24th May, 2005.
Speaker: HIS EXCELLENCY M. GÉRARD ERRERA
→ Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
On: ‘FRANCE ENGLAND AND EUROPE’
Chairman,House of Lords Meeting: COUNTESS OF LIMERICK CBE
Chairman,Dinner-Debate: THE LORD GRANTCHESTER
Opening Discussion: SIR NEVILLE TROTTER
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. THE EARL JELLICOE, KBE DSO MC FRS
Sponsor: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Location One:THE MOSES ROOM, HOUSE OF LORDS
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 19th April, 2005
Speaker: SIR RONALD COHEN
On: ‘BEYOND CONFLICT – THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PEACE ON THE PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR’
Chairman,House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Chairman,Dinner-Debate: THE BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Sponsor,House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Opening Discussion: SIR PHIHLIP GOODHART
Vote of Thanks: SIR SIGMUND STEMBERG, OSTJ KCSG JP
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM 14, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday 8th March 2005.
Speaker: THE EARL OF ONSLOW
On: ‘CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: THE WIG SETTLEMENT: THE NEED TO RE-INVENT IT’
Chairman, House of Lords: THE LORD DYKES
Chairman of Dinner-Debate: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Vote of Thanks: CHRISTOPHER ARKELL, SIR JOHN OSBORN
Opening Discussion: RT. HON. LORD HOLME OF CHELTENHAM, CBE
Sponsor,House of Lords: THE BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM 2, HOUSE OF LORDS
Location Two: ST. ERMINS HOTEL
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 1st December, 2004
Speaker: THE RT. HON. SIR MALCOM RIFKIND KCMG QC
On: ‘WHEN BUSH COMES TO SHOVE: THE SECOND TERM’
Chairman: THE VISCOUNT MONTOMOERY OF ALAMEIN CMG CBE
Location: St. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 10th November, 2004
Speaker:s (1) PROFESSOR THE RT. HON. SHIRLEY WILLIAMS
(2) BARONESS WILLIAMS OF CROSBY
Speaking on: ‘THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP AFTER THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION’
Chairman: BARONESS HOOPER, CMG
Opening Discussion: BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD
Sponsor: BARONESS HOOPER, CMG
Location One: CHOLMONDELEY ROOM, THE HOUSE OF LORDS’
Guest List Available
Monday, 11th October, 2004
Speakers: (1) HON. JACK W. BUECHNER
→ PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
(2) HON. DENNIS M. HERTEL
→ SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
On: ‘AMERICA: WHAT THE FUTURE SHOULD HOLD‘
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Location: THE ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Friday, 1st October, 2004
Speaker: DR. CHRIS WEST
→ DIRECTOR OF THE UK CLIMATE IMPACTS PROGRAMME
On: ‘CLIMATE RICKS: HOW TO MANAGE THEM’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Location: THE CAVALRY AND GUARDS CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Tuesday, 13th July, 2004
Speaker: GISELA STUART MP
On: ‘THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Opening Discussion: THE LORD DAHRENDORF, KBE FBA
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday 28th June 2004
Speaker: DIGBY JONES
→ DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERATION OF BRITISH INDUSTRY
On: ‘TRADE AND INDUSTRY: THE WAY FORWARD.’
Chairman: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 14 th April, 2004
Speaker: ADMIRAL THE LORD BOYCE GCB OBE DL
On: ‘THE CHALLENGES FACING UK ARMED FORCES‘
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Location: St. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Friday, 30th April, 2004
Speaker: PROFESSOR SIR BRYAN THWAITES
On: ‘HAS EDUCATION RUN INTO THE BUFFERS?‘
Chairman: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Vote of Thanks: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO CMG
Location: THE ATHENAEUM CLUB
Guest List Available
Friday, 21st May, 2004
Speaker: GENERAL SIR JACK DEVERELL KCB OBE
→ COMMANDER IN CHIEF ALLIED FORCES NORTH 2001-2004
On: ‘THE NEW CONECPITAL THINKING NEEDED IN THE MILITARY‘
Chairman: SIR NEVILLE TROTTER
Opening Discussion: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO CMG
Vote of Thanks: PROFESSOR SIR BRYAN THWAITES
Location: THE ATHENAEUM CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 22nd June, 2004
Speaker: ADMIRAL SIR ALAN WEST GCB DSC ADC
→ FIRST SEA LORD AND CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF
In association with: THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Chairman: PROFESSOR ALAN LEE WILLIAMS OBE
Opening Discussion: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. THE EARL JELLICOE KBE DSO MC FRS
In Association: THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Location: ST JAMES’S COURT HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 16th March, 2004
Speaker: SIR CHRISTOPHER MEYER KCMG
On: ‘THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: HOW SPECIAL?’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Vote of Thanks: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location: St. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Monday, 15th December, 2003
Speaker: DR. WALTER SCHWIMMER
→ SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
On: ‘THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE: THE WAY FORWARD’
Chairman, House of Lords: LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Chairman, Dinner-debate: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location One: THE MOSES ROOM, HOUSE OF LORDS
Location Two: THE CARLTON CLUB
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday 10th December, 2003
Speaker: MR. BING WEST
On: ‘MILITARY ASPECTS OF THE RECENT IRAQ CONFLICT’
Chairman: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location One: MOSES ROOM, HOUSE OF LORDS
Location Two: CARLTON CLUB
Guest List Available
Thursday , 20th November, 2003
Speaker: H.R.H. PRINCE HASSAN OF JORDAN
Chairman, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Chairman, Dinner-Debate: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Opening Discussion (Dinner-Debate): SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO, and CMG
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM 14, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday, 10th November, 2003
Speaker: BARONESS SYMONS OF VERNHAM DEAN
On: ‘THE MIDDLE EAST’
Chairman: LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Speaker: THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD SLYNN OF HADLEY
On: ‘LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE DRAFT EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION’
Chairman: BARONESS HOOPER CMG
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Sponsors: JANET AND PETER BOULTING
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 25th June, 2003
Speaker: SIR DAVID LOGAN KCM
On: ‘TURKEY FUTURE: CONSEQUENCES OF THE IRAQ WAR’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Opening Discussion: H.E. MR AKIN ALPTUNA
→ Turkish Ambassador
Vote of Thanks: SIR ELDON GRIFFITHS
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 7th May, 2003
Speaker: THE RIGHT REVEREND & RIGHT HONOURABLE RICHARD CHARTRES
→ THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON
On: ‘FAITH AND CONFLICT IN NEW EUROPE’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Opening Discussion: SHEIKH DR ZAKI BADAWI
Vote of Thanks: THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, CMG CBE
ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
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Thursday, 3rd April, 2003
Speaker: SIR EMYR JONES PARRY KCMG
→ UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council
On: ‘NATO POST PRAGUE’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Opening Discussion: GENERAL SIR GARRY JOHNSON KCB OBE MC
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 11th March, 2003
Speaker: THE RT. HON. MICHAEL HOWARD QC MP
On: ‘EUROPE AND AMERICA: FRICTION OR FRACTURE?’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO CMG
Opening Discussion: THE LORD RENWICK OF CLIFTON KCMG
Vote of Thanks: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 12th February, 2003
Speaker: ADMIRAL IAN FORBES CBE
→ SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER ATLANTIC
On: ‘WHITHER NATO’s ALLIED COMMAND ATLANTIC?’
In Association: THE PILGRIMS
Chairman, House Of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Chairman, Dinner-Debate: ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR JULIAN OSWALD GCB
Location One: GRAND COMMITTEE ROOM, HOUSE OF COMMONS;
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday, 16th December, 2002
Speaker: H. E. Dr. STANISLAW KOMOROWSKI
→ THE AMBASSAFOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
On: ‘POLAND AND THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EU’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO, CMG
Opening Discussion: SIR JOHN BIRCH KCMG
Vote of Thanks: THE EARL OF LIMERICK KBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 29th October, 2002
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMEN
WITH THE PILGRIMS
On: ‘SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL ILLS’
Chairmen: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP and THE EARL OF LIMERICK KBE
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM 14, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Sponsored by: GKN PLC
Guest List Available
Monday, 14th October, 2002
Speaker: RT. HON.. MICHAEL ANCRAM, DL QC MP
→ SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY
On: ‘BEING TRUE TO OUR FRIENDS’
Chairman: THE EARL OF LIMERICK KBE
Opening Discussion: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO CMG
Location: ST ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Monday 15th July, 2002
Speaker: H. E. THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM S. FARISH
→ THE AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
On: ‘THE TRANS-ATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP TODAY’
Chairman: THE EARL OF LIMERICK KBE
Opening Discussion: SIR PHILIP GOODHART
Vote of Thanks: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO CMG
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday 17th June, 2002
Speaker: H. E. MONSIEUR DANIEL BERNARD, CMG, and CBE
→ THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR
On: ‘FRANCE AND THE UK IN THE EUROPEAN-ATLANTIC CONTEXT’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO CMG
Vote of Thanks: THE EARL OF LIMERICK KBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 22nd May, 2002
Speakers: (1) Mr AFIF SAFIEH,
→ THE PALESTINIAN GENERAL DELEGATE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM
(2) THE LORD JANNER OF BRAUNSTONE, QC
On: ‘IS THERE HOPE FOR A MIDDLE EAST PEACE?’
Chairman: SIR MICHEAL BURTON KCVO and CMG
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK KBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 16th April, 2002
Speaker: GENERAL JOSEPH W. RALSTON
→ SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE
AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF US EUROPEAN COMMANDOn: ‘US EUROPEAN COMMAND CHALLENGES’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVQ CMG
Opening Discussion: SIR NEVILLE TROTTER
Vote of Thanks: THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN CMG CBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’s HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday, 25th March, 2002
Speaker: SIR DAVID GOODALL GCMG
→ FORMERLY HIGH COMMISSONER TO INDIA
On: ‘INDIA AND PAKISTAN: FLASHPOINT KASHMIR’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON KCVO CMG
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK KBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’s HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Monday, 18th February, 2002
Speaker: THE Rt. Hon. NEIL KINNOCK
–>VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
On: ‘THE EURO IN RELATION TO THE EUROPEAN MOVEMENT’
Chairman: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Opening Discussion: SIR PETER PETRIE, CMG, Bt
Vote of Thanks: Mr HUGH DYKES
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday 17th January, 2002
Speaker: GENERAL THE LORD GUTHRIE OF CRAIGIEBANK, GCB, LVO, OBE
On: ‘DEFENCE AND SECURITY: THE FUTURE THREAT’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO, CMG
Opening Discussion: SIR MICHAEL QUINLAN GCB
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. THE EARLING OF LIMERICK, KBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 12th December, 2001
Speaker: THE RT. HON. PETER HAIN, MP
→ Minister for Europe
On: ‘THE EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO TERRORISM’
Chairman: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO, CMG
Opening Discussion: AMBASSADOR WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II
→ Former US Ambassador to EU
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Location: ST. JAMES’ COURT HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 22nd November, 2001
Speaker: PROFESSOR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN, CBE,
On: ‘INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM’
Chairman: ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR JULIAN OSWALD, GCB
Opening Discussion: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO, and CMG
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 18th October, 2001
Speaker: H. E. Mr MA ZHENGANG
→ Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China
On: ‘CHINA AND THE WEST’
Chairman,House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman, Dinner-Discussion: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Vote of Thanks: FRANK COOK, MP
Sponsor: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Location One: ROOM 14, HOUSE OF COMMONS;
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Thursday, 19th July, 2001
Speaker: the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Lord Russell-Johnston
On: ‘THE FUTURE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE’
Location: ST ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday 27th June, 2001
Speaker: H. E. Dr HANS-FRIEDRICH VON PLOETZ
→ AMBASSADOR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
On: ‘GERMANY, BRITAIN AND EUROPE: WHAT MATTERS IS THE FUTURE’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Opening Discussion: THE LORD WATSON OF RICHMOND, CBE
Vote of Thanks: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO, and CMG
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Transcript Available (Opening Discussion)
Guest List Available
Thursday 24th May, 2001
Speaker: H.E. Mr GRIGORY B. KARASIN
→ Ambassador of the Russian Federation
On: ‘RUSSIA AND EUROPE’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Opening Discussion: Dr IAIN ELLIOT,
Vote of Thanks: SIR ANDREW WOOD, GCMG
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Monday, 23rd April, 2001
Speaker: PROFESSOR ROBERT WORCESTER
→ MORI / L.S.E.
On: ‘IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Vote of Thanks: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO and CMG
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Monday, 23rd April, 2001
Speaker: PROFESSOR ROBERT WORCESTER
→ MORI / L.S.E.
On: ‘IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Vote of Thanks: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO and CMG
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Friday, 23rd March, 2001
Speaker: THE RT. HON. LORD ROBERTSON OF PORT ELLEN, PC
→ NATO Secretary-General
On: ‘DEVELOPMENTS IN NATO’
Chairman: THE VISCOUNT MONTOMERY OF ALAMEIN, CMG and CBE
Opening Discussion: MR HUGH DYKES
Vote of Thanks: ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR JULIAN OSWALD, KBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 28th February, 2001
Speaker: THE RT. HON. DONALD C. McKINNON
→ Commonwealth Secretary-General
On: ‘TOMORROW’S COMMONWEALTH’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Opening Discussion: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Vote of Thanks: SIR PETER MARSHALL, KCMG
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 30th January, 2001
Speaker: THE RT. HON. IAIN DUNCAN SMITH, MP
→ SHADOW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
On: ‘DEFENSE: ON NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION’
Chairman: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Opening Discussion: THE RT. HON. LORD CHALFONT, OBE, MC
Vote of Thanks: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Location: HILTON ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 20th December, 2000
Speaker: GENERAL SIR MICHAEL ROSE, KCB, CBE, DSO, and QGM
On: ‘THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING’
Chairman, Dinner-Discussion: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Opening Discussion: SIR TIMOTHY GARDEN, KCB
Vote of Thanks: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday, 22nd November, 2000
Speaker: THE RT. HON. THE LORD OWEN, CH
On: ‘THE FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE EURO’
Chairman: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Opening Discussion: Mr PETER PRICE, Hon MEP
Vote of Thanks: THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Location: HILTON HOTEL
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Monday 30th October, 2000
Speaker: THE RT. HON. FRANCIS MAUDE, MP
→ SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY
On: ‘CURRENT FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES’
Chairman: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Opening Discussion: ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR JULIAN OSWALD, GCB
Vote of Thanks: SIR MICHAEL BURTON, KCVO, and CMG
Location: HILTON ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Wednesday 12th July, 2000
Speaker: PRESIDENT VYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS
→ PRESIDENT OF THE LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT
AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF LITHUANIA
On: ‘SECURITY PROBLEMS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE’
Chairman,House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman,Dinner-Discussion: THE LORD DAHRENDORF, KBE, FBA
Sponsor: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Location One: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Wednesday 21st June, 2000
Speaker: THE RT. HON. KEITH VAZ, MP
→MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
AND MINISTER OF EUROPE
On: ‘CURRENT ISSUES IN EUROPE‘
Chairman: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 2nd May, 2000
Speaker: SIR KIERAN PRENDERGAST
→ UNDER-CECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK
On: ‘THE ROLE OF THE UN IN CONFLICT PREVENTION’
Chairman, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman, Dinner-Discussion: LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Sponsor: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Location One: HOUSE OF COMMONS
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 4th April, 2000
Speaker: THE RT. HON. GEOFFREY HOON, MP
→ Secretary of State for Defence
On: ‘EUROPEAN DEFENCE’
Chairman: THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, CBE
Location: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Sponsor: GKN PLC
Guest List Available
Thursday, 23rd March, 2000
Speaker: SIR BRIAN UNWIN, KCB
→ Hon. President, European Investment Bank
On: ‘A VIEW FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE: SEVEN YEARS AT THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK’
Chairman, House of Commons: FRANK COOK, Esq., and MP
Chairman,Dinner-Discussion: THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Sponsor: FRANK COOK, Esq., and MP
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM 10, HOUSE OF COMMONS;
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Tuesday, 29th February, 2000
Speaker: THE RT. HON. MENZIES CAMPBELL, CBE, QC, MP
→ Liberal Democrat Spokesman on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Europe
On: ‘FOREIGN POLICY’
Chairman: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Opening Discussion: SIR TIMOTHY GARDEN, KCB
Vote Of Thanks: THE RT. THE EARL OF LIMERICK KBE
Location: ST ERMIN’S HOTEL
Guest List Available
Monday, 31st January, 2000
Speaker: H.E. Mr PERTTI SALOLAINEN
→ The Ambassador of Finland
On: ‘The Results of the Finnish Presidency of the E. U.’
Chairman, House of Commons: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN, MP
Chairman, Dinner-Discussion: THE EARL OF LIMERICK, KBE
Sponsor: GEOFFREY CLIFTON BROWN MP
Vote of Thanks: THE LORD JUDD OF PORTSEA
Location One: COMMITTEE ROOM 14, HOUSE OF COMMONS
Location Two: ST. ERMIN’S HOTEL
Sponsored by: GKN PLC
Speech Transcript Available
Guest List Available
Past Events 1990’s
Speaker: Sir Kieran Prendergast
Under-Secretary-General for Political
Affairs, United Nations
