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The UK Presidency in the European Parliament

 

During the UK Presidency of the EU, British Ministers regularly appeared at the European Parliament to address MEPs on behalf of the EU Council. This will be both in full sessions of the European Parliament and at its specialist committees. Below is the chronological list of available speeches.

Brussels 20 December 05 Tony Blair, Prime Minister Open Conference of Presidents: EU Budget Link to summary
Strasbourg 15 December 05 Ivan Lewis Plenary: Draft general budget of the European Union - Financial year 2006, modified by the Council (signature) Link to speech
Strasbourg 14 December 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Council Question Time Link to speeches
Strasbourg 14 December 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Bulgaria - Romania Link to speeches
Strasbourg 14 December 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Presumed use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners Link to speeches
Strasbourg 14 December 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Preparation for the European Council (Brussels, 15-16 December 2005), including the Development strategy Link to speeches
Strasbourg 13 December 05 Derek Twigg Plenary: The rights of persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air Link to speeches
Strasbourg 13 December 05 Derek Twigg Plenary: Charging of heavy goods vehicles Link to speeches
Strasbourg 13 December 05 Geoff Hoon Plenary: Human rights and freedom of the press in Tunisia and evaluation of the World Summit on the Information Society held in Tunis Link to speeches
Strasbourg 13 December 05 Geoff Hoon Plenary: Annual report of the Council on human rights Link to speeches
Strasbourg 13 December 05 Charles Clarke Plenary: Data retention Link to speeches
Strasbourg 13 December 05 Ivan Lewis Plenary: Draft general budget 2006, as modified by the Council (all sections) - Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument - Draft amending budget No 8/2005 Link to speech
Brussels 30 November 05 Ian Pearson Plenary: Olympic truce - Development and sport Link to speeches
Brussels 30 November 05 Ian Pearson Plenary: Human rights in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Link to speeches
Brussels 30 November 05 Ian Pearson Plenary: Preparation for the WTO conference Link to speeches
Strasbourg 16 November 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Council Question Time Link to replies
Strasbourg 16 November 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Recent statements of the President of Iran, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Link to speeches
Strasbourg 16 November 05 Jack Straw - Douglas Alexander Plenary: Informal meeting of the European Council Link to speeches
Strasbourg 16 November 05 Margaret Beckett Plenary: Climate change – Beating global climate change Link to speeches
Strasbourg 16 November 05 Lord Bach Plenary: Iraq after the referendum on the Constitution Link to speeches
Strasbourg 15 November 05 Lord Bach Plenary: REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Link to speeches
Strasbourg 15 November 05 Lord Bach Plenary: European regulatory agencies Link to speech
Strasbourg 15 November 05 Derek Twigg Plenary: Information to air passengers Link to speeches
Strasbourg 26 October 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Council Question time Link to speeches
Strasbourg 26 October 05 Tony Blair; Douglas Alexander Plenary: Preparation for the next informal European Council Link to speeches
Brussels 12 October 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Iran Link to speech
Brussels 12 October 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Current problems regarding immigration Link to speech
Strasbourg 28 September 05 Douglas Alexander
Plenary: Questions to the Council Link to replies
Strasbourg 28 September 05 Douglas Alexander
Plenary: Reform of the UN, the Millennium Development Goals Link to speech
Strasbourg 28 September 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Oil Link to speech
Strasbourg 28 September 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Opening of negotiations with Turkey - Additional Protocol to the EEC-Turkey Association Agreement Link to speech
Brussels 12 September 05 Alan Johnson Speech by Alan Johnson MP, UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to the Regional Development Committee of the European Parliament Link to speech
Strasbourg 7 September 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Question Time (Council)
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Strasbourg 7 September 05 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Situation in the Middle East
Link to speech
Strasbourg 7 September 05 Charles Clarke

Plenary: Liberty and security (Responding to the threat of terrorism whilst protecting the rights of citizens)

 Link to speech
Strasbourg 6 September 05 Ivan Lewis

Plenary: Presentation by the Council of the draft general budget - Financial year 2006

 Link to speech
Brussels 13 July 2005 Meg Munn Statement by Meg Munn MP, Deputy Minister for Women and Equality, to the European Parliament's Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
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Brussels 13 July 2005 Charles Clarke Security must take priority over rights, UK Home Secretary tells Civil Liberties Committee
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Brussels 12 July 2005 Hilary Benn Speech to the Development Committee
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Brussels 12 July 2005 David Lammy Ministerial presentation of UK's Department for Culture Media and Sport Presidency programme to European Parliament Education and Culture Committee
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Brussels 12 July 2005 Patricia Hewitt Speech to Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
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Brussels 12 July 2005 Margaret Beckett Secretary of State's Opening Remarks to the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee of the European Parliament
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Brussels 12 July 2005 Jack Straw Foreign Affairs Committee: Jack Straw urges swift implementation of EU anti-terror measures

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Brussels 12 July 2005 Gordon Brown Statement by the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the European Parliament's Committee on Economic & Monetary Affairs

Link to statement on HM Treasury website

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Brussels 11 July Ruth Kelly Speech by Secretary of State for Education and Skills to the Committee for Culture and Education Link to speech
Brussels 11 July 2005 Ben Bradshaw "We want to ensure a sustainable and healthy marine fishing industry. To do this, we have three aims for fisheries for our Presidency" - Ben Bradshaw to Fisheries Committee
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Brussels 11 July 2005 David Blunkett Europe needs to meet the challenge of change - David Blunkett to Employment and Social Affairs Committee
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Strasbourg 6 July 2005 Jack Straw Plenary: EU / Iraq: a framework for engagement Link to speech (1)
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Strasbourg 6 July 2005 Jack Straw Plenary: Africa and the challenges of globalisation - Global Call to Action Against Poverty: Making Poverty History
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Strasbourg 6 July 2005 Hilary Benn Plenary: Africa, globalisation and poverty
 Link to speech (1)
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Strasbourg 6 July 2005 Douglas Alexander Plenary: The Balkans: 10 years after Srebrenica Link to speech (1)
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Strasbourg 6 July 2005 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Relations between the EU, China and Taiwan and security in the Far East Link to speech (1)
Link to speech (2)
Strasbourg 6 July 2005 Douglas Alexander Plenary: A world without landmines Link to speech (1)
Link to speech (2)
Strasbourg 6 July 2005 Douglas Alexander Plenary: Council Question Time
 Link to replies
Strasbourg 5 July 2005 Alun Michael Plenary: ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund Link to speech (1)
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Brussels 23 June 2005 Tony Blair, Prime Minister Plenary: Programme of the British Presidency Link to speech

 

 

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Last updated: 22 June 2007