European Committee of the Regions

He is a member of the European Committee of the Regions, and is a rapporteur on the European Globalisation Fund for the period 2014 to 2020.

The three SNP MPs who voted with the Government this week, and by so doing exerted pressure for increased Scottish representation on the proposed European committee of the regions, acted correctly and in accord with that principle.

She led the British Council activities in the Assembly and also represents the Assembly on the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) where she is a member of the Bureau (executive) of the Committee.

Mr Major was a man who had humiliated himself in the Commons defeat over the European Committee of the Regions, he said, adding that the Prime Minister had been forced to 'hop into bed' with a party pledged to destroy the Union.

The branch secretary, Kathleen McAlorum, a Motherwell district councillor, said that an emergency meeting of the branch executive had been called last Sunday after complaints and threats of resignation from members over the deal for representation on the European committee of the regions.

It is true that there are now many regions of Europe which have obtained major political support through the European Committee of the Regions, the European Court of Justice and the Commission in cases where the Member States' governments have ignored the rights of local authorities.

Peacock has also been a Vice-President of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and a former Member of the European Committee of the Regions; the Council of Europe; the Scottish Post Office Board and Scottish Natural Heritage.

With regard to the vote in the House of Commons on the proposed European committee of the regions, although I can have no sympathy for anyone who votes with the Tory Government I can understand the SNP's attempts at embracing reality and moving towards the concept of Europe of the regions.