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Richard Corbett

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Elected Member of the European Parliament (December 1996 -June 2009)

  • Deputy Leader of the Labour MEPs

European Parliamentary Committees

  • Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Vice President 1997-1999; Socialist Group Co-ordinator 1999-2009)
  • Committee on Budgets (substitute member, 2007-2009)
  • Committee on Budgetary Control (substitute member, 2007-2009)
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (substitute member, 2004-2006)
  • Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (1999-2004)
  • Environment and Consumer Protection Committee (1997-1999)
  • Joint Parliamentary Committee with the Bulgarian Parliament (1997-1999)

Labour Party

  • Labour Movement for Europe, Vice President in the European Parliament (to date)
  • Member, Regional Executive Committee (1998-1999)
  • Member, Regional Board (1999-2001)
  • Member, National Policy Forum (2001-2003)
  • Member, NEC Task Force on Electoral Turnout (2002)
  • Member, EPLP Bureau (2003-2004)

Main Policy Interests

  • Constitutional Affairs - Revision of the treaties
  • Economic policy
  • Environment and consumer protection
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Regional development
  • The euro and monetary union

All-Party Groups

  • Animal Welfare
  • Disability
  • GLOBE
  • Consumer Affairs
  • Sports
  • Kashmir
  • British Beer Club (President)

Also Member of

Previous Career

Education

  • Farnborough Road School, Southport, Merseyside
  • International (United Nations) School Geneva
  • Trinity College Oxford (BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics)
  • University of Hull (Doctorate in Political Science)

I also donate to the following good causes:

 

 

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