I’m back and so, a day late, here are details for the coming week:
13 September: Commissioner Michel Barnier (Internal Market) meets the Europe Minister, David Lidington in Brussels
14 September: Commissioner Maire Geoghan-Quinn (Research) meets Douglas Kell of the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council UK and science leaders from France and Netherlands.
15 September: Commissioner Janez Potocnik (Environment) visits the UK, including a keynote speech at a Green Alliance conference, participation in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative symposium and a conference on biodiversity in Bangor, Wales (visit to 16 September)
16 September: Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom (Home Affairs) visits the UK, meeting with Home Office ministers and Secretary of State, Europe Minister David Lidington, taking part in a CER seminar on organised crime and counter-terrorism, visiting the UK Passenger Name Records facility.