IN FOCUS: Fact-finding in Rosarno
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Case Work, EU News on 24. Feb, 2010 | Comments Off
Photographs of Andrew’s visit to Rosarno in Italy last week.
Andrew tables his first parliamentary question
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Case Work on 12. Aug, 2009 | Comments
ANDREW Brons has tabled his first Parliamentary question to the European Parliament.
It concerned the Energy Using Products directive and was in response to a request from one of his North Yorkshire constituents.
The MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber asked:
Is the council aware that:
1. 1.1 million homes in the United Kingdom are heated by oil fired [...]
Fuel firm seek delay on legislation
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Case Work on 15. Jul, 2009 | Comments
ANDREW Brons has been contacted by a fuel service company asking him to investigate whether it is possible persuade the European Parliament to postpone an Energy Using Products (EuP) Directive which will prohibit oil fired cooking and heating from 2013.
The company is hoping that Andrew can lobby for a delay on the legislation until 2018 [...]
Eviction threat and child support shortfall
Posted by Martin Wingfield in Case Work on 06. Jul, 2009 | Comments
ALTHOUGH Andrew Brons does not officially take office as a MEP for the Yorkshire region until 17th July, he has already helped one of his constituents.
A mother and her son were facing eviction from their North Yorkshire council home because of rent arrears accrued after a period of domestic upheaval which led to an imbalance [...]
Dawning of New Era of Euro-Nationalist Cooperation
Posted by Andrew Brons in Case Work, Constituency News, Dates & Events, EU News, Parliamentary Questions on 18. Jun, 2009 | Comments
Today saw the dawning of a new era in European nationalist cooperation with the first meeting of Members of the European Parliament from Britain, France, Belgium, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria in preparation for the inaugural sitting of the newly elected body on 14 July.
“This was a historic day for many of us,” Nick Griffin MEP, [...]
