East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has today congratulated the Mens and Womens England Rugby Union teams for victories in their respective 6 Nations tournaments. Emma – who is the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) spokenswoman for Education and Sport – sent her congratulations after watching the final Mens matches on Saturday, which despite England’s …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has today called for stronger trade links with Commonwealth countries. Miss McClarkin’s call coincides with Commonwealth Day, the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations which traditionally falls on the second Monday of March. The theme for 2011 is ‘Women as Agents of Change’, and commenting on this, Miss …Continue Reading

Plans to spend over €50 million on a new historical museum in the European Parliament have been condemned by East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin MEP, the Conservative Party spokesperson on Culture in the European Parliament. The plans for the ‘House of European History’, released on Monday, have been in the pipeline since 2007, when former …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has today welcomed the news that Lincolnshire County Council has secured European funding for a broadband internet trial. The County Council put in a successful bid for funding, and has secured £750,000 to use on a trial period of broadband in two villages in the county. Speaking following the …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEPs Emma McClarkin and Roger Helmer have today welcomed a vote in the European Parliament that will save EU taxpayers 15 Million Euros and save the environment from 1600 tonnes of needless carbon dioxide. Proposals put forward by the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group to cut down on the number of …Continue Reading