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Lord David BLENCATHRA

Photo member

Substitute
Member of the House of Lords
Conservative

House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom

coepa.del@parliament.uk
www.davidmaclean.com

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2020 , 2019 , 2018

Latest news

18/11/2019 - Election observation Belarus: curbs on freedoms and concerns over procedural integrity tarnish elections 13/11/2019 - Election observation PACE to observe the early parliamentary elections in Belarus

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance since 05/10/2019
  • Member: European Conservatives Group from 27/11/2015 to 04/10/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 27/11/2015 Substitute-United Kingdom

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

  • Alternate EC/DA: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 05/10/2019)
  • Alternate EC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2019 to 04/10/2019)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Alternate EC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 23/01/2017 to 20/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 27/11/2015)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 27/01/2016 to 13/12/2017)

Interventions

Last speeches

27/01/2020 | 12:45:13 May I give congratulations on your splendid election as our President and thank you for the good wishes that wheelchair people may one day get onto the floor of the Plenary. First of all, I want to thank the 18 members of the Assembly representing all political groups of the Assembly and 16 Council of Europe member states which did such an excellent job of observation in Belarus. The delegation was accompanied by legal experts from the Council of Europe Venice Commission, who gave us some...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

11/02/2020 | Doc. 15082 | Motion for a resolution Voluntary relocation for migrants in need of humanitarian protection 03/02/2020 | Doc. 15066 | Motion for a resolution Widespread recurring violence against security, fire and medical services on New Year’s Eve: how to restore trust and the rule of law 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15049 | Motion for a resolution Political prisoners in the Russian Federation 27/04/2018 | Doc. 14554 | Written declaration Nord Stream 2 and Russian gas: new tools of hybrid war 26/04/2018 | Doc. 14546 | Motion for a resolution Reception and integration of refugees in Jordan: an example for Europe

Votes on adopted texts

29/06/2018 | Doc. 14566, vote on the draft text for recommendation Deliberate destruction and illegal trafficking of cultural heritage 23/01/2018 | Doc. 14462, vote on the draft text for resolution The case for a basic citizenship income 12/10/2017 | Doc. 14415, vote on the draft text for resolution The new Ukrainian law on education: a major impediment to the teaching of national minorities' mother tongues 10/10/2017 | Doc. 14399, vote on the draft text for resolution Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan