Lord Speaker meetings and engagements: April to June 2016 Date Activity 12/04/2016 Lecture given by Lord Judge, King's College Meeting with Ciaran Devane, Chief Executive of the British Council 13/04/2016 Dinner with the Moroccan Ambassador, Moroccan Residence Host roundtable meeting with the Lord Chief Justice and the President of the Supreme Court and members of the House of 14/04/2016 Lords Chair John Hampden Grammar School Question Time 18/04/2016 Telephone call with the Speaker of the Knesset 19/04/2016 State visit of the President of Indonesia Meeting with the Speaker of the Nepalese Parliament British Museum Exhibition - Sicily, Culture and Conquest 20/04/2016 Meeting with Claire Foster Gilbert, Institute Meeting with the Ambassador of Korea 21/04/2016 Requiem Mass on the anniversary of the death of King Henry VII, Westminster Abbey 25/04/2016 Meeting with the Taiwanese Vice Foreign Minister Young Diplomats Association meeting, Langham Hotel 27/04/2016 Parliament Choir Concert, Cadogan Hall 28/04/2016 Meeting with Tremlett and Canon , Canons of Westminster Abbey 03/05/2016 Memorial Service for Lord Howe of Aberavon, St Margarets, Westminster Abbey 04/05/2016 Meeting with Ellie Price, BBC 05/05/2016 Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil 09/05/2016 Meeting with the Ambassador of Japan 10/05/2016 Dinner - Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, Stationers Hall Delegation to HM Queen on occasion of 90th birthday, Buckingham Palace 12/05/2016 Interview for BBC's Sunday Politics Lecture on Helmut Schmidt - The Global Chancellor, German Embassy 13/05/2016 International Public Speaker Competition, English Speaking Union, Stamford Bridge 17/05/2016 Meeting with the Speaker of the Canadian Senate British Museum Exhibition - Sunken Cities - Egypt's lost worlds 18/05/2016 Reception for the Japanese Ambassador, Japanese Embassy 19/05/2016 Lunch and Queen's Garden Party, Buckingham Palace 20/05/2016 Regional outreach visit to Cardiff 23/05/2016 Meeting with the Hungarian President DebateMate Final 24/05/2016 Meeting with the Ambassador of Georgia British-Japanese Parliamentary Group dinner for the Ambassador of Japan 25/05/2016 Lunch with the Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly Photo op with Rainbow Flag for the Pride of London celebrations 26/05/2016 National Day of Jordan reception, Corinthia Hotel Woolf Institute Dinner, Mansion House 06/06/2016 Meeting with Meg Russell, UCL Constitution Unit Farewell dinner for Canon , Westminster Abbey Macmillan Cancer Support - HOL v HOC Tug of War, Westminster College Gardens 07/06/2016 Meeting with Speaker of the Kosovan Parliament Opening of New Dawn Suffragette Artwork Memorial Service for Lord Parkinson, St Margaret's, Westminster Abbey 08/06/2016 Reception for Holy Trinity Church in Hull, Parliament 09/06/2016 Meeting with Val Barratt, Australian National University 10/06/2016 Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty The Queen, St Pauls Cathedral and Guildhall 11/06/2016 Womens Institute annual meeting, Brighton 13/06/2016 Vigil For victims of Orlando shootings 14/06/2016 National Prayer Breakfast 15/06/2016 Parliamentary Diversity and Inclusion Awards, Young Vic Theatre 16/06/2016 Dinner with the of Westminster Abbey, Westminster Abbey 20/06/2016 Jo Cox MP remembrance service, St Margaret's, Westminster Abbey 28/06/2016 Meeting with Meg Russell, UCL Constitution Unit 29/06/2016 Somme memorial event 30/06/2016 Memorial Service for Lord Avebury, The Royal Institutuion