James Glyn Ford

Glyn Ford

Glyn Ford (born 28 January 1950, Gloucester) is a former Labour MEP from the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (24.07.1984-13.07.2009).

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on International Trade
• Member, Committee on Petitions
• Member, Subcommittee on Security and Defence
• Member, Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula
• Substitute, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Japan

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activites:

• National Treasurer, Anti-Nazi League (unpaid)

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Writer, Japan Times (approx €800)
• Miscellaneous Articles, speeches; (€500)

Financial Support Received in Connection with Political Activities:

Financial:

• Delegation to Beijing and Lhasa invited by the Chinese People's Institute for Foreign Affairs, 16-22/07/2008, Accommodation and Internal Travel
• October 23rd, 2008, UNI-EG General Meeting/Assemblée Génerale- Rome, 23/10/2008, Flight Economy Class Brussels-Rome Return
• North East Asia Economic Forum, Tianjin, China, 26-27/10/2008, Accommodation and Internal travel

Granted by:

• Save the Assyrians Campaign (£995=€1000)
• Chairman of European Fire Sprinklers' Forum (£5200=€5800)

Further Information:

• Patron (unpaid) Anne Frank Educational Trust
• Parking at Bristol Airport worth an estimated £400 (€450) per annum
• Parking at Birmingham Airport worth an estimated £600 (€670)per annum
• Parking Permit under APCOA scheme estimated £400 (€450) per annum. Provided for by First Great Western.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.
• Voted in favour of the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amendment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.
• Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.
• Voted in favour of the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.
• Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• B.Sc. (Geology) (1971).
• M.Sc. (Marine Earth Science) (1973).
• Apprentice, British Aircraft Corporation (1967-1968).
• Policy and research assistant, later senior research fellow, Department of Science and Technology, University of Manchester (1976-1984).
• Visiting professor, University of Tokyo (1983).
• Member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee (1989-1993).
• Member of the Party of European Socialists Executive Committee (1992-1994).
• Councillor, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (1978-1986).
• Chair of the Environmental Health Committee (1979-1980).
• Chair of the Education Committee (1980-1985).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1984).
• First Vice-Chairman of the Group of the Party of European Socialists (1989-1993).
• Member of the Council of Ministers' Consultative Committee on Racism and Xenophobia (1994-1998).
• Books published:

'Fascist Europe' (Pluto Press, 1991);

'Evolution of a European' (Spokesman, 1993);

'Changing States' (Mandarin, 1996).

Contact

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Website:

http://www.glynford.eu

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Glyn Ford, , accessed 10 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Glyn Ford, accessed 10 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Glyn Ford, accessed 17 November 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 10 February 2009.