ECN, Solvency II and Equitable Life comes to the vote

8.30 Leave to get to the Parliament in time for the start of ECON committee, but have a chance meeting with the Concierge and make arrangements to purchase cleaning equipment for the flat. Get to ECON and there is a discussion on the financial services White Paper followed by votes at 10.00.

12.45 I am chairing the European Parliament Financial Services Forum lunch discussion on Solvency ll. It seems to go quite well.

15.00 Into the Equitable Life Committee for the final vote. This goes well and we finish just in time for me to trot off to the far end of Rue Luxembourg to meet with the Association of Swedish Patent Attorneys at 4pm.

17.30 Back to ECON to discuss my draft report on the attachment of bank accounts.

19.00 Into the office and work on amendments for the opinion on modernising labour
law.