31 March 2009
ROBERT STURDY FIGHTS FOR RIGHTS OF RECREATIONAL ANGLERS
Plans to bring recreational anglers under the direct control of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) were today watered down by MEPs following a campaign by the Conservative delegation in Brussels.
Article 47 of the proposed regulation would have forced recreational anglers to register their boats, even if [...]
Euro MP Robert Sturdy, international trade spokesman for the Conservative group in Brussels, is urging world leaders at this week’s crucial G20 summit in London to support free trade and help rescue the recession by encouraging new jobs and increased productivity.
He said: “Global trade has been hit hard over recent months, and it will take [...]
Euro-MP Robert Sturdy hosted the launch of a colorectal cancer campaign in the European Parliament this week to help save lives across the European Union.
This is the second year Mr Sturdy has supported europacolon, a charity which is strongly urging all 27 member states to fully implement EU recommendations for colorectal cancer screening.
Europacolon is hoping [...]
This letter by Robert has appeared in today’s Ely Standard:
I would like to thank the Ely Standard for highlighting the serious issue which retained fire-fighters face under the EU’s Working Time Directive.
As you rightly pointed out, UK-based companies can presently opt out and work longer than 48 hours which is presently permitted, but there are [...]
Strasbourg report, 18 March 2009
I believe that legislation should be judged not merely by its intentions, but by its results. Indeed, good intentions can sometimes do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. An excellent example of this has been the European Commission’s directive on Industrial Emissions Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) [...]
Robert has a letter in today’s Guardian (13 March 2009):
“The G20 summit has the opportunity to make it clear that short-term aid and declarations against protectionism will not be enough. The agricultural commodity markets are perhaps some of the most fluid and volatile, the developing world needs to shift its economic base swiftly. The real [...]
Euro-MP Robert Sturdy urged caution over a new pollution control directive which will regulate the agricultural industry in the same way as industrialised installations.
The new Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) directive is merging seven existing directives into a single one to form an EU wide system of emission permits to [...]
Letter from Europe, 5 March 2009
EU leaders met last weekend for an emergency summit in Brussels about the global economic decline. I was greatly pleased to see that EU leaders committed themselves to a multilateral free trade approach, rejecting protectionism and reaffirming their commitments to the European Single Market and sending a powerful message to [...]
