Edward McMillan-Scott

Edward McMillan-Scott, MEP

Edward McMillan-Scott (born 15 August 1949, Cambridge) is a British MEP from Conservative and Unionist Party.

Affiliations

• Vice-President, European Parliament
• Vice-President, Parliament's Bureau
• Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
• Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Remunerated Functions or Activities:

• Occasional consultancy
• European Advisor to the UK Unquoted Companies Group

Additional Information:

• I receive benefits such as free parking at UK airports etc, common to all Members of the European Parliament

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted against 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 against the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• 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.
• Abstained from voting 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 against the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated privately by Dominican Friars.
• Tour manager with US companies (1968).
• Parliamentary and political consultant, London (1977).
• Established own public affairs consultancy in Westminster (1983).
• Board member, Conservative Party (1998-2001).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1984).
• Leader of the Conservatives (1998-2001).
• Chairman of the Delegation to the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-2002).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

14E102

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45959

Email:

edward.mcmillan-scott@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.emcmillanscott.com

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Edward McMillan-Scott, 22 January 2009, accessed 10 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Edward McMillan-Scott, accessed 10 February 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 10 February 2009.