Reception

Lord Howell of Guildford

Lord Howell of Guildford was the host and a speaker at the annual Diplomatic Reception held by the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council yesterday at the House of Lords. Mr Andrew Rosindell MP, Vice Chairman, CFCC, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Mr Mark Field, MP, and Mr Rehman Chishti, MP, also spoke. Among others present were:

The Ambassador of Guatemala, Mr Ivan Volodin, Minister Counsellor, Russian Embassy, the Deputy Head of Mission of Bolivia, the High Commissioner for Barbados, the Ambassador of Costa Rica, the Deputy Head of Mission of the Slovak Republic, the Ambassador of Finland, the Ambassador of Gabon, the Ambassador of Georgia, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, the Ambassador of Seychelles, the High Commissioner for Swaziland, the High Commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago, the High Commissioner for Nigeria, the Deputy High Commissioner for South Africa, the Acting High Commissioner for Sri Lanka.

Lord Hamilton of Epsom, Patron, Baroness Hooper, Patron, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, Miss Priti Patel, MP, Sir Ronald Halstead, President, other members of the Diplomatic Corps, Mr Richard Graham, MP, Mr Mark Garnier, MP, Mr Andrew Bridgen, MP, Lt Col Tom Tugendhat, MP, Mr Mike Gapes, MP, and Ms Melissa Crawshay-williams.