Phil Bennion
Bennion backs 6% cap on biofuels in European Parliament vote
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a 6% cap on the amount of crops that can be used to generate energy for transport.
MEPs, including local Lib Dem Phil Bennion, also voted for a separate 7
Bennion helps win vote to level price of carbon for UK business
Liberal Democrat MEP Phil Bennion has helped win a battle to put UK manufacturing on a more level playing field with European competitors in paying for carbon emissions.
Euro MPs voted on July 3rd to reform Europe's beleaguered emissions trading system (ETS) that sets a price on industrial carbon dioxide emissions
Bennion co-sponsors European Parliament resolution on plight of Rohingya Muslims
The European Parliament has backed an urgency resolution co-sponsored by Lib Dem MEP Phil Bennion calling for Thailand to respect the human rights of Rohingya refugees, who have fled persecution in Burma only to be held in Thai detention camps in appalling conditions.
In negotiating the compromise text, Lib Dem MEPs succeeded in adding a call for action to tackle the appalling conditions suffered by the Rohingya, who are Muslims, in the Thai camps, as recently featured in a shocking documentary aired by Channel Four
Business leaders praise MEP for pruning 'red tape' from EU minimum MoT test standards
Lib Dem MEP Phil Bennion has been praised by the Federation of Small Business for his work pushing through key changes to a European Parliament report on minimum standards for MoT tests in EU countries.
The Transport Committee of the European Parliament voted on a number of amendments to the EU Roadworthiness Package last week for safety tests for vehicles on EU roads
Major blow to hopes for a reformed and greener EU farm policy
An unholy alliance of Socialists and Conservatives in the European Parliament today dealt a massive blow to hopes of a greener EU farm policy focussed on sustainable family farms, says West Midlands MEP and farmer Phil Bennion.
After a series of votes in Strasbourg on the next spending round for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the Lib Dem MEP, who farms near Tamworth, said: "The votes today were disappointing, even disastrous
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