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5 June 2008
MEP CHICHESTER VISIT TO CENTRAX GAS TURBINE DIVISION,
NEWTON ABBOT – MONDAY 9 JUNE South West Conservative MEP, Giles
Chichester, has been invited to visit Centrax in Newton
Abbot to be briefed on their collaboration with Rolls-Royce in the
successful packaging and
marketing of the Trent 60 gas turbine in Europe. He will meet with
Guy West, Director of the
Gas Turbine Division at 10.30 am on Monday 9 June.
Centrax has recently signed the largest contract in their 60-year
history with an order for four
Trent 60 gas generators for the £70m gas turbine power station at
St. Brieuc in Brittany, France.
MEP Chichester, who is Leader of the British Conservatives in the
European Parliament and their
Conservative Energy Spokesman, will be accompanied on this visit
by Anne Marie Morris, the Prospective Parliamentary Conservative Candidate for the
Teignbridge Constituency. |
18 June 2008 MEP CHICHESTER LEADS
DEBATE ON THE LIBERALISATION OF EU ENERGY MARKET South West
Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, is leading the debate in the
European Parliament on the
introduction of legislation to liberalise the EU energy market to
achieve genuine and sustainable competition for
pricing and services.
MEP Chichester, who is the Conservative Energy Spokesman and
Rapporteur and Coordinator of the EPP-ED Group
on the Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee within
the European Parliament, is currently involved
in steering through Parliament the three reports which comprise
the electricity section of the EU Third Energy
Package of liberalization measures.
He said
"Having a fully competitive market is in everyone's interest. It
is in the interest of consumers because it means
energy is supplied and delivered at the most competitive rate. It
also means an improved service to consumers
and that is a very important consideration. In a competitive
environment, companies tend to be more
interested in helping to solve consumers' problems than they might
otherwise be."
The future of the European energy market following the
implementation of this Third Energy Package will require the
EU Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators to play a positive
role to ensure that agreed liberalisation measures
are carried out effectively by energy providers.
MEP Chichester has expressed the view that
“If the Agency is to contribute to the development of an
integrated and competitive market for the European
Union, it will need extensive powers, independent of the EU
Commission, to handle cross border situations andnergy
regulators”.
The overall aim is to liberalise energy markets and create a fully
competitive internal market in Europe. This Third
Energy Package represents an important step towards achieving an
energy market that is open, flexible and efficient
with opportunities for new investment and new entrants, as well as
delivering energy at competitive prices. |
MEP
CHICHESTER WILL LECTURE ON FAMILY BUSINESS AT INAUGURATION
OF UNIEP CONFERENCE – LONDON 16 MAY
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will inaugurate the
General Assembly and
Conference of the Union Internationale des Entrepreneurs de Peinture (UNIEP)
with a lecture on
“Family Business”. The event will take place at the headquarters of the
International Coffee
Organisation in London at 1.00 pm on Friday 16 May.
MEP Chichester has spent most of his working life in the small business,
Francis Chichester
Maps, founded by his father. Since entering the European Parliament, he
has utilised this
experience to give strong support to SMEs through workshops, business
visits, conferences and
publications to assist them benefit from trading opportunities in
Europe.
South West MEP Chichester is Leader of the Conservative Delegation in
the European Parliament
and Co-ordinator of the EPP-ED (European People’s Party-European
Democrats) Group on the
European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee.
Contact:
David Powis
Chief Executive
Painting and Decorating Association
Tel. 024 7635 3776
Email:
david@paintingdecoratingassociation.co.uk
UNIEP Conference Address:
22 Berners Street,
London W1T 3DD Tel: 020 7612 0600 |
23 May 2008
MEP CHICHESTER IS WORKING TOWARDS THE
SLOW DEATH OF THE MONTHLY COMMUTE OF THE EU
PARLIAMENT FROM BRUSSELS TO STRASBOURG
The campaign to end the European Parliament's monthly commute from
Brussels to Strasbourg
received a boost today as up to one-third of MEPs voted in favour
of proposals sponsored by the
Conservatives and the Campaign for Parliamentary Reform (CPR) to
reduce the time spent in the
French city.
Although the proposals did not pass, South West MEP, Giles
Chichester, the Leader of the
Conservatives in the European Parliament, welcomed the increased
numbers of MEPs who voted
for the changes. He said:
"We are making small but significant steps to end the Strasbourg
circus. Year after year,
MEPs are voting in increasing numbers to end this costly and
environmentally
wasteful anachronism.
"£170 million per year is spent on hauling 3000 people and their
papers from Brussels to
Strasbourg and back. It will have to stop one day. Today's vote
suggests the momentum is
with us. After all, if Rome wasn't built in a day, Strasbourg as a
second seat cannot be
stopped in a day."
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Conservative Press Office: Peter Wilding, tel: +32 (0) 473 861762;
peter.wilding@europarl.europa.eu |
07 May 2008 MEP CHICHESTER SAYS
LIBERALISATION OF ENERGY MARKETS IS IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST
South West MEP Giles Chichester, Conservative Leader in the European
Parliament, says that
liberalised and competitive energy markets are the only way to benefit
consumers and companies
across Europe by ensuring fair play and making certain that dominant
positions are not established
without challenge.
The European Parliament has endorsed controversial plans to force huge
mainland European energy
groups to sell off their power transmission networks and open up the EU
market to greater
competition.
MEP Chichester, who is Coordinator of the EPP-ED Group on the
Parliament’s Industry, Research
and Energy Committee, said:
"I am strongly in favour of ownership unbundling because I have seen it
and believe it is a good
model.
"Having a fully competitive market is in everyone's interest. It is in
the interest of consumers
because it means energy is supplied and delivered at the most
competitive rate. It also means an
improved service to consumers and that is a very important
consideration. In a competitive
environment, companies tend to be more interested in helping to solve
consumers' problems
than they might otherwise be.
"But it is also in the interests of the companies. It makes the various
players in the market more
efficient and hopefully more profitable. It makes a more efficient use
of our finite energy
resource.
"One of our needs in Europe is to be competitive. We need a competitive
supply of energy.
Energy is the second most important thing in the world after food. It is
very important to our
standard of life and to our economy. It is essential and as such it
should be efficient and it
should be competitive."
For further information, please contact:
Conservative Press Office: Peter Wilding,
tel: +32 (0) 473 861762;
peter.wilding@europarl.europa.eu |
MEP CHICHESTER TO
VISIT EUROPEAN CONSUMER CENTRE, BASILDON
FRIDAY 16 MAY
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, has been invited to
visit the UK branch of the
European Consumer Centre (UKECC) at Basildon to be briefed on its
services.
On Friday 16 May at 9.45 am, the MEP will meet Jed Mayatt, the
Centre Manager, to discuss
ways of assisting UK consumers and, in particular, his South West
constituents.
UKECC is part of the European Consumer Centre Network (ECC-Net),
which consists of 29
centres throughout Europe, including Iceland and Norway. They work
together to resolve
consumer disputes in an amicable manner. UK ECC is co-funded by
the European Commission
and the UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform.
Contact:
Jed Myatt
UK ECC Manager
Trading Standards Institute
1 Sylvan Court
Basildon SS15 6TH
Tel: 0845 6040503
Email:
ecc@tsi.org.uk |
REGEN SW TO
BRIEF MEP CHICHESTER OF THE EU CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE, ON SOUTH WEST
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY POLICY FRIDAY 2nd MAY, EXETER
South West Conservative MEP,
Giles Chichester, will be meeting with Mathew Spencer, the Chief Executive of Regen SW in Exeter at 1.30 pm on Friday 2nd May. The
MEP will be briefed on the Agency’s activities in support of renewable energy and energy
efficiency initiatives in the
South West Region.
Giles Chichester MEP is Leader of the British Conservative Delegation
and their Energy
Spokesman in the European Parliament. He is also a Senior Member of the
Parliament’s Climate
Change Committee and a long-term champion of the global warming agenda
in Europe.
Regen SW is the Sustainable Energy Agency for the south West. Recently,
they have accepted
additional funding from the South West Regional Development Authority to
support energy
efficiency initiatives and the development of a low carbon economy in
the South West Region.
Contact:
Mathew Spencer, CEO of Regen SW,
7 Barnfield Crescent,
Exeter EX1 1QT,
Tel. 01392 494399,
Email: mspencer@regensw.co.uk |
28 May 2008 MEP
CHICHESTER SAVES SAGA HOLIDAYS FROM DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF NEW EU
DIRECTIVE
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester has succeeded in
diluting an EU proposal which could have destroyed top UK
companies like SAGA and Club 18-30.
The Commission proposal is aimed at outlawing discrimination in
society as a whole, not just inside the
workplace, and could have prohibited companies from targeting
their services at specific age groups.
Although the Commission's plans are likely to be tabled before the
summer, MEP Chichester has been
assured that they will concentrate only on achieving equal access
for the disabled. In a reply to the
Conservatives, the Commission stated that no longer will 'there be
a potential impact on the business
model of companies offering holidays to specific age groups.'
MEP Chichester said:
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions but it
shouldn't be the job of any government to tell
companies who they can and cannot sell to however laudable the
objectives might be."
"The lesson of the last twenty years is clear: people prosper when
a free market prospers.
Conservatives will always fight against laws which threaten
successful businesses and therefore
jobs."<
The Conservatives were supported in their argument by a Populus
poll conducted in March 2008, in which
71% of the 4312 adults questioned across the EU said that it was
acceptable for businesses to target age
groups and 64% opposed a law against such a practice. For further
information, please contact:
Conservative Press Office: Peter Wilding, tel: +32 (0) 473 861762;
peter.wilding@europarl.europa.eu |
11 March 2008 MEP CHICHESTER CALLS ON
THE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF EU FLOOD AID
The European Parliament has voted approval for Britain to receive £123
million from the EU Solidarity Fund to assist those regions affected by
last summer’s floods. Commenting on the
decision, South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, who is Leader
of Conservatives in the
European Parliament, emphasised that the British Government must
distribute the money fairly to
include the South West, in particular Gloucestershire, and not give
preference to flood affected
areas in Labour’s heartland.
MEP Chichester said:
"The bid for this money from the EU Solidarity Fund came only after
weeks of pressure
from Conservatives last summer. Now we are asking the UK Government to
ensure all
affected areas across the UK receive their fair share."
The cash, which is paid directly to the Government, is intended to
assist with the reconstruction of
key infrastructure following the devastating rainfalls across the UK
last June and July, estimated
to have caused around £3.48 billion worth of damage. Conservative MEPs,
who were the first to
call on the Government to apply for the EU aid, said the money has to be
allocated in one year
and after a further six months, the Labour Government would need to
justify how it was spent.
This is the first time the UK has applied for assistance from the
Solidarity Fund, which was
created in 2002. The funds should go towards reimbursing local
authorities for the costs of
emergency services, the flood clean-up and offsetting the expense of
restoring infrastructures such
as roads and power lines.
For further information, please contact:
Conservative Press Office: Melanie Warman, tel: +32 (0) 473 658768;
melanie.warman@europarl.europa.eu |
11 March 2008 MEP
CHICHESTER CALLS FOR THE EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS TO SUPPORT
FREE TRADE AND FREE COMPETITION Speaking in the European Parliament, South West Conservative MEP,
Giles Chichester, Leader of
British Conservative MEPs in the Parliament, warned that the
forthcoming Council of Ministers
must oppose all threats to free trade and support the principles
of free competition.
Supporting CommissionPresident Jose Manuel Barroso who has warned
recently that some
European leaders are backsliding towards economic nationalism, MEP
Chichester said:
"Europe has much more to gain from globalisation than it has to
lose. The reality is that
European citizens are winners from globalisation with cheap
imports, low inflation and low
interest rates. And, notwithstanding the emergence of India and
China, the EU's share of
world exports rose between 2000 and 2006. In France, where
protectionist rhetoric is
perhaps most marked, a recent report stated that only 3.4% of jobs
lost in 2005 could be
blamed on so-called "off-shoring". So, we should get all this in
perspective and back the
Commission President in his strong stance on this matter."
Commenting that Europe can only succeed in international markets
if it improves its
competitiveness, radically reforms its labour markets and cracks
down hard on bad business
regulation both at EU and national level, MEP Chichester added:
"The 'Economist' asked the question - "Will today's politicians
ever be frank enough to tell
the people that globalisation is good for Europe and for them?"
President Barroso has been
frank. It's time for EU leaders to back him."
For further information, please contact:
Conservative Press Office: Peter Wilding, tel: +32 (0) 473 861762;
peter.wilding@europarl.europa.eu |
20th Feb 08 MEP Chichester
will lead Conservative MEPs in a Parliamentary Vote
against adoption of the Lisbon Treaty
The EU needs to move forwards from its current obsession with
institutions to a joint
focus on issues like the environment, economic competitiveness and
global poverty,
said South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, Leader of the
Conservatives in
the European Parliament. His comments on the future of Europe come in
the week
that the European Parliament votes on a report endorsing the Lisbon
Treaty.
Conservatives MEPs will vote against endorsing the Lisbon Treaty which
they believe
is a carbon copy of the old, rejected European Constitution. The MEPs
will continue
their campaign for the British people to have their say on the Treaty in
a
Referendum which was promised them by the Labour Government in its 2005
election manifesto.
In a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEP Chichester
said:
"The Treaty takes Europe in the wrong direction. It transfers
substantial
new powers to the EU - some of them in extremely sensitive areas of
national interest. My Party has a different vision for the future of
Europe - a
Europe that is more open, dynamic and transparent and less centralised,
less uniform and inflexible."
He added:
"Without widespread public support, the European Union will lack proper
legitimacy for what it is doing. It needs to move on from its obsession
with
institutions. To be fit for the 21st century, the EU needs to focus on
issues
like the environment, on economic competitiveness and global poverty, to
demonstrate it is worthy of public support. It is these things that the
future
of Europe should be about."
Contact: Conservative Press Office: Melanie Warman, tel: +32 (0) 473
658768;
melanie.warman@europarl.europa.eu |
25th Feb 08
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, has been invited to
participate in a lunch time
debate at South Dartmoor Community College at 12.45 pm on Friday
29 February. He will be
accompanied on this visit by Mel Stride, the Prospective
Conservative Parliamentary Candidate
for the new Mid Devon Constituency. MEP Chichester will brief students on the A S Politics Course at
the College about the
composition and powers of the European Union and the effects of UK
membership of the EU on
our parliamentary sovereignty. He will also participate in a
debate with Sixth Form students on
whether the British people should be given a referendum on the EU
Lisbon Reform Treaty.
South Devon Community College is the first secondary school in the
Westcountry to be granted
Trust Status. The MEP is interested to learn whether this newly
acquired status has resulted in
significant changes to the management and teaching standards in
the School.
Contact:
Joanna Shore – Tel. 01364 652239
South Dartmoor Sixth Form Centre
Place Lane
Ashburton TQ13 7EW |
13th Feb 08 South West MEP
thanks Prince Charles for putting the environment at the centre of
political debate
Brussels, 13th February 2008 -- The Prince of Wales is tomorrow visiting
the European Parliament to address the Temporary Committee on Climate
Change. The Prince will be highlighting the dangers of global warming,
as well as suggesting ways in which the EU might work together to try to
combat its effects. South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester,
Leader of the Delegation of Conservative MEPs in the European
Parliament, President of the European Energy Forum and a Senior Member
of the Climate Change Committee, says: "His Royal Highness, The Prince
of Wales has constantly championed important environmental campaigns,
highlighting key issues such as climate change. We Conservatives welcome
his vision of a cleaner, better world, and we urge all political parties
to work together to deliver it." |
14th Feb 08 Prince
Charles: We are destroying planet's air conditioning system
Brussels, 14th February 2008 -- In an address to the European
Parliament today (Thursday), His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales called for 'determined and principled'
leadership from the EU in the battle against climate
change.
The Prince met privately with South West Conservative MEP, Giles
Chichester, Leader of the Conservatives in
the European Parliament who represents constituents in the Duchy
of Cornwall. MEP Chichester is a Senior
Member of the Parliament’s Climate Change Committee and has been
championing the global warming agenda in
Europe.
The Prince called for a tripartite approach, with the public
sector, private sector and NGOs working together to
fight the 'contest we simply cannot afford to lose'. He also
highlighted the loss of the world's rainforests and the
need to find ways of valuing all the services they provide.
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12th Feb 08. South West
Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, is visiting the University of
Exeter Joint Campus with University College, Falmouth, at 4.00 pm on
Friday 15 February. The new Joint Campus at Penryn is the first in
Britain to offer courses on Renewable Energy to students following a BSc
Engineering programme. MEP Chichester has been invited to discuss with
these students the details of current EU energy policy and provide
information about European sustainable energy developments. Contact:
Dr Peter Connor Lecturer in Renewable Energy Policy
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn TR10 9EZ
Tel. 01326 371879 |
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10th Feb 08 South West
Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, has been invited to meet with
students of Kingsbridge Community College on Monday 11 February from
11.30 am until 3.30 pm. The College has arranged an intensive
programme of workshops and question time sessions for MEP Chichester to
brief students about the structure and policies of the European Union.
They are interested to know the MEP’s view of Britain’s role in Europe
and the effect of EU membership on issues of national identity and, in
particular, how the proposed EU Reform Treaty could affect the people of
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11th Feb 08 South West
Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will be visiting Kensa
Engineering at Chacewater, near Truro on Friday 15 February at
2.00 pm at the invitation of Kensa Chairman, Richard Freeman.
Kensa Engineering are one of the UK’s leading renewable energy
companies and the only UK manufacturer of a full range of ground
source heat pumps approved under the government’s ‘clear skies’
renewable energy initiative. Currently, Kensa is involved in the
multi-national EU-funded Sherhpa research project to develop the
next generation of heat pump systems with low global warming
potential, using natural refrigerants such as ammonia, propane and
carbon dioxide. Contact: Chairman Richard Freeman Kensa
Engineering Ltd., Mount Wellington Mine Fernsplatt, Chacewater Nr.
Truro TR4 8RJ Tel. 01872 762140 Mob. 0781 086 7887 Web.
www.kensaengineering.com |
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South West Conservative MEP,
Giles Chichester, will meet with students of South Devon College at 2.00
pm on Friday 1 February. The group of 20 College students aged 18 – 20
years are all following courses in tourism and hospitality management.
MEP Chichester has been invited to inform the students about EU tourism
policies and related business opportunities. He will also introduce them
to the SESAME Guide that he produced and published which details advice
and sources of information for those involved in small and medium
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25th January 2008 MEP CHICHESTER RESCUES
LAND MINE REMOVAL PROGRAMME
In April 2007, the European Commission dissolved its External
Relations Unit which coordinated efforts within EU nations to
tackle the global removal of anti-personnel landmines and the
destruction of cluster munitions. This action had a detrimental
effect on EU funding for this important work.
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South West
Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, has agreed to be interviewed by
students of St. James School in Exeter at 2.00 pm on Friday 25 January.
The 15 year old students at St. James School are preparing to
participate in the National “Do You Speak European?” Competition.
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24th January 2008
The EU
should focus on the objective of emissions reductions rather than
on how each country meets its end target said Energy Spokesman and
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, South West
MEP Giles Chichester.
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MEP Chichester to
attend Climate Change Forum Plymouth 11 January - will be joining
Westcountry Conservative and Lib Dem Members of Parliament at a
discussion Forum to be held at the National Marine
Aquarium in Plymouth at 7.00 pm on Friday 11 January.
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Strasbourg, 17th
January 2008 -- Early figures on international roaming charges
published today show the EU regulation approved by the European
Parliament last summer had an effect on mobile phone costs
from the start - although far more is to come.
Read on |
8 Dec 07 South West
Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, recently arranged for constituents
from Somerset to visit the European Parliament and the European
Commission in Brussels to learn of their work.
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13 Dec 07
Repeating the Conservative call for a referendum on the eve of the
Lisbon Treaty, Giles Chichester MEP, Chairman of the Conservative
Delegation in the European Parliament, said today that Gordon
Brown had embarrassed the UK by being indecisive about signing a
Treaty that experts have stated is both unnecessary and damaging
to British interests.
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Conservatives elect Giles Chichester MEP as Chairman of their European
Parliament delegation Brussels, 28th November 2007 -- Giles Chichester
MEP was today elected as Chairman of the Conservatives in the European
Parliament. He succeeds Timothy Kirkhope MEP.
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8 Dec 07 South
West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, recently arranged for
constituents from Wiltshire to visit the European Parliament and
the European Commission in Brussels to learn of their work.
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28 Sep 07
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will be visiting
Chudleigh Knighton Primary School at 1.15 pm on Friday 5 October. He
will then go on to visit Blackpool Primary School. The two schools form
the First Federation of Schools. The MEP has been invited to Chudleigh
Knighton School to speak to children in years 5 and 6 about his work in
the European Parliament.
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9 Oct 07 Ruth
Bateman, who successfully completed a sponsored cycle ride from
Land’s End to John O’ Groats on behalf of Cancer Relief and the
World Society for the Protection of Animals, met up with
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, to collect his
contribution as a Trustee of the Sir Francis Chichester Trust.
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Sep 07 Opera singer, Anthony Mee of Truro, was shocked when he
received his fee for performances at the Theatre an der Wien in Vienna
to find the Austrian authorities had levied an 18% tax for
social security. As Mr Mee had already paid the Social Security E101 tax
in this country, he
naturally complained that this double taxation was illegal under EU law.
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21 Sept 07
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, has called for
Cross Party support in the European Parliament for measures to
stimulate voluntary carbon markets to attract investment which
would help manage forests for the benefit of local communities and
conservation of the planet
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12 Sep 07
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will attend a meeting on
sustainable marine management in the South West, organised by Natural
England. The meeting will be held in the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club,
Plymouth, on Friday 14 September.
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18 Sep 07 South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester,
will be supporting the recycling efforts of his local town. Giles,
who lives at West Hill near Ottery St Mary, will be helping to
raise local awareness of the need for recycling and protection of
the environment at an exhibition organised by the parish Church.
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Jul 2007 South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will be
visiting GE Aviation Systems in Cheltenham at 10.30 am on Friday 20
July.
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South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester and his wife Ginnie
will be participating in the Great South West Walk. On Wednesday 8
August, they will be walking the 14 miles from Abbotsbury to
Weymouth (Section 14 of the WMN sponsored G.S.W.Walk).
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Jun 2007 South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will be
guest speaker at the International Trade Forum of the Plymouth
Chamber of Trade, to be held on Monday 2 July at 12.30 pm at the Future
Inn in Plymouth.
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Jun 2007
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will be visiting
Plymouth Port on Monday 2 July at 10.00 am. He will be escorted on
a tour of port facilities and briefed on development plans by Dave
Atkin, the ABP Port Manager.
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29 May
2007 South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will be
attending the Annual General Meeting of The Devonshire Association in
Ilfracombe’s Landmark Theatre at 1415 hrs on
Saturday 2nd June. MEP Chichester, who is a Member, is actively
interested in the affairs of the Association. End |
26 June 2007S t. Luke’s Science and Sports College, Exeter
have invited South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, to
attend their European Day on Friday 29 June.
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May 2007 The South Wessex Association of the Royal Institute of
Chartered Surveyors have invited South West Conservative MEP, Giles
Chichester, to be the Keynote Speaker at their Seminar on ‘Energy for
the Future’. This will be held at the Hamworthy Club in Wimborne from
1.00 pm on Friday 18 May.
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May 2007 South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will
be the principal speaker at the Annual General Meeting of the
Western Area Branch of the European Union of Women. The event will
be held at the BW Shrubbery Hotel at 11.30 am on 29 May. MEP
Chichester will speak to delegates about the current state of EU
politics and policies, together with his views on future
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May 2007 The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament
have set up a temporary committee on climate change. South West
Conservative MEP Giles Chichester, who is Coordinator of the EPPED Group
on the Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee, has been
elected to serve on this Committee ...
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May 2007 South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will
be celebrating with members of the Constantine Town Twinning
Association at 12.30 pm on Saturday 19 May. He will speak at their
lunch, which has been organised at Polwheveral Mill to celebrate
Constantine’s 15-year link with the town of Pont Croix in
France...
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April 2007 South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester
recently visited the
Exeter Headquarters of RISE – the Regional Infrastructure for Social
Enterprise.
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May 2007
South West Conservative MEP, Giles
Chichester, has accepted an invitation to speak at the Mid Devon
Business Association dinner.
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6th
March 2007
The Mid
Devon Business Association have invited South West Conservative MEP,
Giles Chichester, to address their Energy Conference at 0930 hrs on
Friday 9 March in Tiverton.
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19th March Giles Chichester is to meet with Chief
Executive Lucy Findlay of RISE – the Voice of South West Social
Enterprise. The meeting will take place at 2.00 pm on Friday 23
March at the headquarters of RISE at Pynes Hill, Exeter.
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12th February 2007 As a gesture of solidarity
with the Campaign for Real Ale, I will be holding a ‘surgery’ in a Devon
pub during their Community Pubs Week. At lunchtime on 19 February, I
will be available at The Keeper’s Cottage Inn, on the Honiton to
Cullompton Road from 11 am until lunchtime.
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6th
March 2007
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, has accepted an
invitation to take part in the Post-16 Citizenship Programme of
Exmouth Community College on Friday 9 March. At 2.00 pm, the MEP
will participate in an hour-long question and answer session with
200 students...
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25 January 2007
South West Conservative MEP, Giles
Chichester, will be visiting the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) at
13hrs on Friday 2 February ..
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1 Feb 2007
Farmers and smallholders in Cornwall are urged to take
advantage of ‘accelerator’ funding available from Actnow, the
Cornwall Enterprise project, to improve their broadband and IT
facilities. The funding ,..
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15 January 2007
A new edition of the EYE Guide (European Youth Experience) has been
produced by South West
Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester. This is a..
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22 January 2007
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, is visiting the
Brixham Environmental
Laboratory of Astrazeneca at 1300 hrs on Friday 26 January. His
visit is being organised by..
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14 December 2006
Today Labour MEPs have once again voted against Tony Blair. They
voted against a proposal to generate 60% of electricity in Europe from
ultra-low or noncarbon
emitting technologies..
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11 January 2007
South West Conservative MEP Giles Chichester supports tough new
targets but warns greater support for nuclear energy will be needed.
Ambitious proposals ..
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5 December 2006
A new publication entitled SESAME, (Supporting Every Small and
Medium Sized Enterprise), has been produced by the office of South West
Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester.
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8 December 2006
Giles Chichester, MEP for the South West of England and Gibraltar
visited the AgustaWestland factory
in Yeovil today to see for himself the work carried out at the
facility where over 4,000 people are
employed..
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30 November 2006
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, recently arranged for
49 of his constituents from Dorset to visit the European Parliament in
Brussels to learn about its work.
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30 November 2006
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, recently
arranged for 48 of his constituents from Bristol and the County of
Gloucester to visit the European Parliament in Brussels to learn
about its work.
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7 November 2006
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, will be meeting with
Richard Cresswell, the Regional Director of the Environment Agency in
Exeter at 10.00 am on Friday 10 November.
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7 November 2006
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester will be
meeting with Mike Allen, Managing Director of Dart Valley Systems
(DVS) in Paignton, who have developed a device which cuts water
use in toilets by a massive thirty percent.
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16 October 2006
South West Conservative MEP Giles Chichester will be visiting
Terra Nitrogen (UK) Fertilizer Operation at Severnside, Bristol at 11.00
am on Friday 20th October.
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30 October 2006
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, has been
invited to visit Hospiscare Exeter at 12.30 pm on Friday 3
November.
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26 September 2006
South West Conservative MEP Giles Chichester will be attending the
Annual Meeting of the Devon Association of Parish Councils at County
Hall, Exeter on Saturday 30th September.
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13 October 2006
South West Conservative MEP Giles Chichester will be speaking
to Sixth Form students at Honiton Community College at 12.00 on
Monday 16th October 2006.
The college is hosting a debate on the EU as part of the Civitas
EU education programme.
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20 June 2006
At 10.40 am on Saturday 1st July, South West Conservative MEP, Giles
Chichester, will be visiting the Royal National Institute for the Blind
stand at the Galleries Shopping Centre in Bristol.
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19 September 2006
Despite bitter protests from Spain, the Court of Arbitration
for Sport (CAS) has ordered Uefa toadmit the Gibraltar Football
Association (GFA) to provisional membership.
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20 June 2006
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, is joining the campaign
to save Red Diesel for leisure boaters in Britain.
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20 June 2006
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester will visit the
Combined Universities of Cornwall, Tremaugh Campus, at Penryn at
11.00 am on Friday 23 June.
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6 May 2006
South West Conservative MEP, Giles Chichester, who is Chairman of the
Energy and Research Committee of the European Parliament, will meet with
members and officers of North Devon and Torridge District Councils on
Friday 12th May to discuss energy issues.
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9 May 2006
The son of record breaking yachtsman and aviator, Sir Francis
Chichester, will be in Bristol on 12 May,
supporting the fundraising efforts of the King George’s Fund for
Seafarers’ Charity.
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