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From September 24 to 28, 2007, at the invitation of the Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, the Right Honourable the Baroness Hayman, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, visited Ottawa, Victoria and Vancouver.

His Excellency Howard Drake OBE, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Canada, also accompanied the Lord Speaker during the visit.

The Lord Speaker also attended the official installation ceremony of the 29th Governor General of Canada, Ms. Julie Payette. He had several site visits focusing on the renovation and modernisation of the parliamentary precinct.

The Right Honourable Baroness Hayman, Lord Speaker and the Right Honourable John Bercow, M.P., Speaker of the House of Commons, UK, addressed the participants and extended a warm welcome to all.

Senator Cowan underlined the fact that the Supreme Court of Canada mentions the Senate Debates more frequently in its rulings than the House of Commons debates. Meeting with the Right Honourable the Baroness D’Souza, Lord Speaker

Speaker D’Souza hosted a lunch for the delegation in the former residence of the Lord Chancellor. The informal conversation covered a number of topics including security and parliamentary privilege.

The Right Honourable the Baroness D’Souza, CMG, Lord Speaker; Lord Bew, Member of the House of Lords; Lord Brabazon of Tara, DL, Member of the House of Lords; Lord Lisvane, KCB, Member of the House of Lords; Mr. David Beamish, Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords; Dr. Christopher Johnson, Principal Clerk of Select Committees, House of Lords;

Distinguished guests included Mr. Alex Fergusson, MSP, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament; Lord Dafydd Elis Thomas, Speaker of the Welsh Assembly, as well as MLAs, members of the leaders in the ethnic minority communities and organizations that support new immigrants.

In my case, I spent an afternoon with Lord Corbett of Castle Vale. When I learned about my visit, I thought I would be going to the castle of a Lord! Instead, Lord Corbett of Castle Vale took me to a community development project serving approximately eight thousand citizens.

From April 11 to 21, 2022, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable George J. Furey, Q.C., led parliamentary delegations to the Hellenic Republic and to the United Kingdom.