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Richard J. SIMMONDS



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Constituencies

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  • Conservative and Unionist Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1989/07/25 - 1994/07/18
  • Conservative and Unionist Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1984/07/24 - 1989/07/24
  • Conservative and Unionist Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1979/07/17 - 1984/07/23

Groups

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  • icon: EDG EDG Member European Democratic Group 1979/07/17 - 1984/07/23
  • icon: EDG EDG Member European Democratic Group 1984/07/24 - 1989/07/24
  • icon: EDG EDG Member European Democratic Group 1989/07/25 - 1992/02/04
  • icon: EDG EDG Member of the Bureau European Democratic Group 1992/02/05 - 1992/04/30
  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1992/05/01 - 1994/07/18

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Member of Committee on Development and Cooperation 1979/07/20 1980/07/10
Member of Committee on Budgets 1982/01/21 1982/10/14
Member of Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport 1982/07/09 1984/07/23
Member of Committee on Agriculture 1983/09/16 1984/07/23
Member of Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1984/07/26 1987/01/20
Member of Committee on Budgetary Control 1984/07/26 1987/01/20
Substitute of Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport 1984/07/26 1987/01/20
Member of Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development 1987/01/21 1989/07/24
Substitute of Committee on Budgetary Control 1987/01/21 1989/07/24
Member of Committee on Budgets 1989/07/26 1989/09/14
Substitute of Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development 1989/07/26 1990/09/09
Substitute of Committee on Budgetary Control 1989/07/26 1992/01/14
Member of Committee on External Economic Relations 1989/09/15 1990/09/09
Substitute of Committee on Budgets 1989/09/15 1992/01/14
Member of Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development 1990/09/10 1992/01/14
Member of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection 1990/11/23 1992/01/14
Member of Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development 1992/01/15 1994/07/18
Substitute of Committee on Budgetary Control 1992/01/15 1994/07/18
Substitute of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection 1992/01/15 1994/07/18

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China 1983/12/16 1984/07/23
Member of Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China 1985/02/12 1986/03/09
Member of Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China 1986/03/10 1987/01/20
Member of Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN and the ASEAN Interparliamentary Organisation (AIPO) and the Republic of Korea 1987/01/21 1989/03/13
Member of Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN and the ASEAN Interparliamentary Organisation (AIPO) and the Republic of Korea 1989/03/14 1989/07/24
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of South America 1991/06/10 1992/01/14
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of South America 1992/01/15 1993/02/10
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 1992/01/15 1993/02/10
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of South America 1993/02/11 1994/01/31
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 1993/02/11 1994/01/31
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of South America 1994/02/01 1994/07/18
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 1994/02/01 1994/07/18

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Born

1944/08/02 - Maidenhead

  • Educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. Awarded scholarship to study marketing in the EC.
  • National Vice-Chairman of the Young Conservatives and Young European Democrats 1973-1975; personal assistant to Prime Minister Edward Heath 1973-1975.
  • Parliamentary private secretary to Leader of ED Group 1979-1982. EDG spokesman on youth and education 1982-1984 and on budgetary control 1984-1987. Appointed Conservative Whip in February 1987.
  • Chairman of Governors, Berkshire College of Agriculturesince 1979. International judge of dairy cattle and founding President of the Mounted Games Association of Great Britain.
  • Author of ΄The Common Agricultural Policy - A Sad Misnomer'.

History

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  • Educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond. Awarded scholarship to study marketing in the EC.
  • National Vice-Chairman of the Young Conservatives and Young European Democrats 1973-1975; personal assistant to Prime Minister Edward Heath 1973-1975.
  • Parliamentary private secretary to Leader of ED Group 1979-1982. EDG spokesman on youth and education 1982-1984 and on budgetary control 1984-1987. Appointed Conservative Whip in February 1987.
  • Chairman of Governors, Berkshire College of Agriculturesince 1979. International judge of dairy cattle and founding President of the Mounted Games Association of Great Britain.
  • Author of ΄The Common Agricultural Policy - A Sad Misnomer'.