PARLIAMENTARY HEARING ON THE EXPORT OF DRUGS TO
THE US FOR USE IN LETHAL INJECTIONS
PRESENTED BY THE APPG ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND
REPRIEVE
PROGRAMME
10.00 – 10.15:
Welcome and Introduction: Baroness Stern of Vauxhall
Preliminary Thoughts, Introduction to the Speakers: Lord Ken Macdonald QC
10.15 – 11.00:
Panel Discussion: Led by Lord Ken Macdonald QC; Speakers: Patches Rhode,
Joshua Ladner, Dr. Mark Heath, Tony Garlick, Brenda Coleman, Tom Smith, Clive
Stafford Smith OBE,
11.00 – 11.30:
Questions from the Floor and Press: The press are invited to join the discussion at
11.15.
PARTICIPANTS
Hosted by:
Baroness Stern of Vauxhall, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the
Abolition of the Death Penalty
Chaired by:
Lord Ken Macdonald QC, Chair of Reprieve’s Board of Trustees, former Director
of Public Prosecutions
Speakers:
Patches Rhode, Mother of Brandon Rhode who was executed by lethal injection in
Georgia in September 2010.
Joshua Ladner, Brother of Brandon Rhode, Fireman and Staff Sergeant in the US
Air Force
Dr Mark Heath, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesiology at Columbia University,
Expert Witness on failed anaesthetics in Georgia execution of Emanuel Hammond
Tony Garlick, Technical Director of the British Association of Pharmaceutical
Wholesalers, speaking on the regulatory aspects of wholesale drug supply in the UK
Brenda Coleman, Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges, speaking on the proposed
criminal legislation
Tom Smith, Head of Export Control, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Susan Hyland, Head of Human Rights Department, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office
and Clive Stafford Smith, OBE, Director of Reprieve
Comments in absentia from:
Professor Sir Alasdair Breckenridge, Chair of the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Svend Andersen, Head of Hospira EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)