Campaigns

Protecting the environment for a greener future

Conservative MEPs are committed to tackling climate change and enhancing the quality of the environment in the UK, Europe and the wider world. We are working towards a truly low carbon economy and are committed to increasing energy efficiency and improving our energy security.

Climate change requires action at all levels of society, from governments, international corporations, local councils and individuals. We have...

Promoting animal welfare

Conservative MEPs place a high priority on animal welfare and this has always been a core concern of our constituents. We have campaigned vigorously and successfully for an EU wide ban on dog and cat fur imports, to end dolphin deaths from trawler nets and we are coordinating the tightening of EU wide animal testing rules. Conservative agriculture spokesman Neil Parish MEP is currently chairman of the parliament's animal welfare inter-group...

Protecting the UK opt-out of the Working Time Directive

Conservative MEPs have campaigned to protect the UK's all important opt-out of the EU's Working Time Directive. If the opt-out was removed the working week in the UK would have been restricted to a maximum of 48 hours - so even if people wanted to work extra hours to help pay the bills they would simply not have been allowed to.

In December 2008, Labour MEPs voted to remove the opt-out and undermine the ability of British...