Group photo taken in Westminster of some of the MPs who attended a meeting organised by Neil Parish, along with representatives from the NFU, Dairy UK. 1st Row, left to right: Rex Ward, Chairman of Diary UK's Farmer's Forum; Sheryll Murray MP; Neil Parish;Jim Begg, Director General, Dairy UK; Meurig Raymond, Deputy President of the […]
Neil Parish, an outgoing Conservative MEP and PPC for Tiverton, has issued a press release after the European Parliament backed tougher laws on animal testing which he drafted. This legislation is aimed at making animal testing obsolete by promoting alternative methods, while stopping short of an outright ban. However, there will be regular reviews into the […]
Neil Parish MEP, who chairs the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee, is encouraged that EU agriculture ministers meeting today will consider a Hungarian proposal to scrap the electronic tagging of sheep. At the end of 2007 it was agreed that tags would be introduced from 2010. The movement of every sheep – and goat – would be recorded. Tags […]
The Conservative chairman of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee, Neil Parish, has put out a press release attacking the Government. The European Commission has fined the UK £74.5 million for the Single Farm Payments cock-up, which saw Britain fail to meet the EU’s deadline for providing subsidies for farmers. In 2005 the Rural Payments Agency […]
Neil Parish, MEP for the South West, argues for sanctions on Zimbabwe before all hope dies of a transition of power. Nearly three months since the elections in Zimbabwe and the winner is still not in power. Morgan Tsvangirai won the Presidential election and although his MDC party were able to cling onto the gains […]
Signed by Neil Parish MEP (and Jim Allister, Neil Parish, Mairead McGuinness, James Nicholson, Ville Itälä): "The European Parliament, – having regard to Protocol No 33 to the EC Treaty, which refers to animals as ‘sentient beings’ and states the Union’s desire to ‘ensure improved protection and respect for the welfare of animals’, […]
Neil is a Conservative MEP for the South West Have you ever been on holiday and gotten hassle from someone desperately trying to sell you his dodgy wares? No matter how many times you say "no", your message just doesn’t seem to be getting through. Well that is exactly how I feel some days in […]
Neil Parish is the Member Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton. Before entering Parliament Neil was a farmer and Member of the European Parliament for the South West for ten years. During his ten years in the European Parliament Neil was the Conservative Spokesperson on Agriculture, Chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. Neil has […]