Glenys Kinnock

Glenys Kinnock, MEP

Glenys Kinnock (born 07 July 1944, Roade, Northants.) is a British MEP from Labour Party.

Affiliations

• Chairwoman, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Member, Conference of Delegation Chairmen
• Member, Committee on Development
• Substitute, Committee on International Trade

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

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 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• BA (Education and History) (1965).
• Teaching diploma (1966).
• Teacher in nursery, primary and secondary schools (1967-1994).
• Honorary degrees: Thames Valley University and Kingston University. Honorary Doctorate, Brunel University. Honorary Fellow, University of Wales, Newport.
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).
• UK Labour Party Spokesperson for International Development in the European Parliament.
• Co-President, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (since 2002).
• Fellow, the Royal Society of Arts.
• President, One World Action.
• President, Welsh Council of Voluntary Associations.
• President, the annual Solidar Silver Rose Awards Jury.
• Vice-President, UK Women of the Year Lunch and Assembly.
• Patron, Saferworld.
• Patron, Jubilee 2000.
• Council Member of Voluntary Service Overseas.
• Board Member, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
• Advisory Board Member of the International Research Network on Children and Armed Conflict.
• Member, Advisory Committee to the International Programme at the Institute for Public Policy Research.
• Publications:

'Eritrea - images of war and peace' (1988);

'Namibia - birth of a nation' (1990);

'By Faith and Daring' (1993).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

13G306

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45402

Email:

gkinnock@welshlabourmeps.org.uk

glenys.kinnock@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.glenyskinnock.org.uk

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Glenys Kinnock, 09 December 2008, accessed 10 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Glenys Kinnock, accessed 10 February 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 10 February 2009.