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Mr John HOWELL

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Treasurer: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance since 27/01/2020
  • Auditor: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance from 05/10/2019 to 26/01/2020
  • Auditor: European Conservatives Group from 22/01/2018 to 04/10/2019
  • Member: European Conservatives Group from 27/11/2015 to 21/01/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 27/11/2015 Representative - United Kingdom

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 23/01/2023)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (since 25/01/2021)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 25/01/2021)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 25/01/2021)
  • First Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 24/06/2019)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/11/2017 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 25/01/2016 to 23/11/2017)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 27/11/2015 to 24/01/2016)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on Türkiye): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (since 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (from 06/12/2017 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 25/01/2016 to 23/11/2017)
  • Alternate of Mr Jerome MAYHEW (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Alternate of Dame Cheryl GILLAN (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 24/11/2017 to 04/04/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Tommy SHEPPARD (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 28/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Ms Kerry MCCARTHY (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 26/01/2017 to 23/11/2017)
  • Alternate of Ms Paula SHERRIFF (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 13/10/2016 to 22/01/2017)
  • Alternate of Mr Phil WILSON (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 14/12/2017 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Sir Roger GALE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (from 25/01/2016 to 12/10/2016)

Interventions

Last speeches

26/01/2023 | 17:52:43 Thank you very much. I would like to thank Mr Piero FASSINO for this report. I would say that, wouldn't I? I am one of his rapporteurs, so I have a self-interest in doing that, but I think his report is a good report. But you know, whether it is Mr FASSINO or the previous chairs of this committee, there is one thing that I have never been invited to, and I think it is because it has never occurred, and that is a discussion on what being a rapporteur is all about. I think it's absolutely... 25/01/2023 | 17:48:58 Let me offer my congratulations to the rapporteurs for their excellent publications. But I stand here ashamed of my own country. I'm ashamed of the UK. Many of you will have seen over the last few days the stories that have been running about the police force. You will have seen today perhaps that the head of the Met Police in the UK has said that two or three police officers every week will appear in court to answer charges. It is quite right that they should, but it is absolutely terrible... 25/01/2023 | 15:33:49 Thank you, Madam President. It's good to see you in the Chair. I asked for this debate, because I think it is important that the Council of Europe keep an eye on and keep abreast of the tensions that there are in Europe. Nobody who has looked at Serbia and Kosovo over recent months can believe that there are no tensions. There are tensions. We need, very much, to be ahead of the game. We saw –with the case of Russia and Ukraine– that we were not ahead of the game. We did not call for the... 25/01/2023 | 11:23:00 I thank you very much for this debate. I thank everyone who has spoken. It has been quite emotional for me to hear such tributes to the debate that we have heard. I would just like to read you an email that is typical of the emails that I have received on this. It's from somebody who says: "I am a law professor currently seconded to an organisation in a member country". He says: "the idea of combining, on the one hand, the effective and crossed implementation of human rights and humanitarian... 25/01/2023 | 10:14:43 Thank you very much. I probably will not take my 7 minutes, because the list of speakers in this debate is very long. I want to get as many people in as possible. The contents of this report I think are absolutely important and are crucial. They fit in very well with the Icelandic premiership –the Icelandic Chairmanship I should say– of this Council, which has a priority of stressing the importance of the natural environment. What they say about that is that there must be an exploration of...

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