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Girling to lead Conservative Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation

Julie Girling MEP leads campaigning to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Why we have a zero tolerance policy on female genital mutilation Recently there have been investigations into girls being taken out of the UK to locations abroad for female genital mutilation (FGM), the brutal practice of cutting away parts of young girls for non-medical reasons. Seen as a religious, social and cultural tradition, it’s rife […]

EU Referendum

I strongly believe that Britain is stronger, safer and better off in Europe than we would be out on our own. Leaving Europe would risk our prosperity, threaten our safety and diminish our influence in the world. Untangling our connections with Europe will take years, time that would be better spent focusing on our nation’s growth and prosperity inside a reformed EU.

Girling leads EU campaign for ambitious but realistic clean air targets

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There are clear health impacts regarding air quality and evidence-based policy making very important. We need to be ambitious but realistic and unrealistic targets are not helpful. This issue has come up the public agenda in the last year or two and, has been an even bigger issue recently with the exposure of VW. In the […]

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  • eu_uk_flagGirling calls for Gibraltar stake in Brexit team

    29 Sep 2016

    Conservative MEP Julie Girling has called for Gibraltar’s specific needs to be represented on the Government’s Brexit negotiating team. During a meeting today in Brussels with the Gibraltar Cross Frontier Group, Mrs Girling said “Gibraltar has unique issues which must be taken into account going into these difficult discussions. Appointing […]

  • AIR Security 2Girling: Hinkley go-ahead good news for South West

    15 Sep 2016

    South West MEP Julie Girling welcomed news today that the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is likely to go ahead. The Conservative politician spoke out after it emerged that Theresa May’s Government, following a surprise review, had given the plan the go-ahead subject to some conditions. Mrs Girling said: […]

  • eu_uk_flagBrexit “negotiatior” announcement must be challenged

    9 Sep 2016

    An attempt to declare Belgian Liberal MEP Guy Verhofstadt as the European Parliament’s Brexit negotiator should be challenged and put to all 751 MEPs, a Conservative MEP said today. Julie Girling, Conservative MEP for the South West and Gibraltar, spoke out after the parliament’s President Martin Schulz today tried to […]

  • pound-coins-stack (1)Girling : Funding guarantee will help stability

    30 Aug 2016

    Conservative MEP Julie Girling has welcomed news that EU funding for farmers, scientists and other projects will be replaced by the Treasury in the period immediately after Brexit. But she warned that farmers still faced uncertainty over their future under a different government. The MEP for the South West and […]