Euro MP Robert Sturdy has urged the UK’s representative at the EU’s Customs Committee to oppose plans to retain a 10 per cent import duty on mobility scooters when it votes on this issue tomorrow.
Protesters against the European Commission’s proposals include the world famous Cambridge based physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, who described the levy as [...]
Euro MP Robert Sturdy is urging young people to take part in a European environmental campaign which encourages them to plant tree seedlings.
Under the “Click a Tree” campaign, free seedlings will be sent to the first 5,000 people aged 14-29 who apply at the website: http://clickatree.europa.eu
It is an initiative from the European Commission in the [...]
Robert Sturdy has supported Camgrain’s expansion plans for its grain storage site near the A11 Wilbraham interchange. The proposals are to expand the existing site by increasing the capacity for grain storage from 90,000 tonnes to 300,000 tonnes. The plans will come before South Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning committee on Wednesday and a decision [...]
Euro-MP Robert Sturdy has welcomed a new European Partnership for Action against Cancer – and urged the government to participate fully.
The partnership aims to support countries in their efforts to tackle cancer by providing a framework for identifying and sharing information, capacity and expertise in cancer prevention and control. It aims to engage a wide [...]
Euro-MP Robert Sturdy has praised publican Bernard Lee for bucking the trend and re-opening a picturesque Cambridgeshire pub at a time when many others are pulling their last pint.
Mr Sturdy, a Vice Chairman of the British Beer Club in Europe, was invited to the John Barleycorn pub at Duxford to pull the official first pint.
Mr [...]
One of the highlights of the year for Robert is a visit to the Suffolk Show where he meets constituents and they discuss issues concerning rural affairs and business.
Here he is pictured talking to one of the delegates he met there, Nicola Currie, Director of the Eastern Region Country Land & Business Assocation.
Robert, who is [...]
