Posted, July 17, 2008 @ 16:00
The Rt. Hon Sir Robert Atkins MEP, Conservative Spokesman on Petitions in the European Parliament, today responds to the report published by the UK Parliamentary Ombudsman on the Equitable Life fiasco. Sir Robert was instrumental in persuading the European Parliament to set up a Special Investigative Committee to examine and report on the activities of the company, the British Government and the European Commission. This was on the back of many thousands of petitions presented to the Parliament.
Sir Robert said:
"Our report was highly critical of all concerned but, despite th...
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Posted, July 17, 2008 @ 18:00
Neil Parish, Conservative MEP and Chairman of the European Parliament Agriculture Committee, believes that the EU'S soil directive should be buried after it emerged that the French Presidency plans to bring it back before the Council of Ministers by the end of this year.
The controversial directive failed to get through the Council of Ministers last year after several countries, including the UK, Germany and France voted against it. It now appears that the French will use their presidency of the EU to put it back on the agenda. The Soil Directive has always been controversial as it...
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