Representative
Deputy
Conservative
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
31/01/2023 - Monitoring Türkiye: information note by the co-rapporteurs following their fact-finding visit 26/01/2023 - Session The Council of Europe should take the lead on preventing environmental damage during armed conflict 25/01/2023 - Session Current affairs debate on the recent tensions between Pristina and Belgrade 13/01/2023 - Monitoring PACE monitors for Türkiye meet Osman Kavala 11/01/2023 - Monitoring PACE monitors to visit Türkiye
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...
05/01/2023 | Doc. 15674 | Report Environmental impact of armed conflicts 26/09/2022 | Doc. 15618 | Report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Türkiye 21/04/2021 | Doc. 15272 | Report The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey 19/10/2020 | Doc. 15171 | Report New crackdown on political opposition and civil dissent in Turkey: urgent need to safeguard Council of Europe standards
12/10/2022 | Doc. 15633 | Motion for a resolution Europe should stand in solidarity with the Russian and Belarusian anti-war movement 01/07/2022 | Doc. 15516 | Written declaration Call for full and immediate ban of Russian oil and gas 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15582 | Motion for a resolution Attempts to change the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organization might violate human rights 27/06/2022 | Doc. 15578 | Motion for a resolution Systematic large-scale persecution against anti-war protesters in the Russian Federation 24/06/2022 | Doc. 15571 | Motion for a resolution Transfer and resettlement of asylum seekers
25/01/2023 | Doc. 15674, vote on the draft text for resolution Environmental impact of armed conflicts 25/01/2023 | Doc. 15674, vote on the draft text for recommendation Environmental impact of armed conflicts 13/10/2022 | Doc. 15615, vote on the draft text for resolution The impact of Brexit on human rights on the island of Ireland 12/10/2022 | Doc. 15618, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of obligations and commitments by Türkiye 11/10/2022 | Doc. 15609, vote on the draft text for resolution Supporting a European perspective for the Western Balkans