MEP for Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex,
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Letter to the Editor: REACH Directive

SIR - Yet again the EU Court of Auditors has been unable to sign off the EU's £70 billion accounts. Conservatives want to see a zero tolerance approach to malpractice and protection for... MORE>

Local MEP Backs New Measures to Crack Down on Dangerous Chemicals

Since returning to Brussels in earlier in the month I have been in the unique position of being not only a Member of the Overseas Development and Foreign Affairs Committee but also the only MEP... MORE>

Letter to the Editor: Innocent Until Proven Guilty

SIR - I would like to know why it is that the South East's Labour MEP no longer feels that British citizens should be considered innocent until proven guilty. The European Parliament recently supported a... MORE>

Article for Local Newspapers on Visit to the United Nations

I have just returned from New York where I had the privilege to be joint Chairman, with Michel Rocard, the former Prime Minister of France, of the European Parliament's delegation to the World Summit at the United Nations General Assembly... MORE>

Letter to the Editor: Commonwealth Votes

Thousands of people in Sussex may soon lose the right to vote in future European elections. Spain is taking the British Government to the European Court of Justice in a bid to ban Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar from voting in elections to the European.. MORE>

Letter to the Editor: EU 'Crisis'

Thousands of people in Sussex may soon lose the right to vote in future European elections. Spain is taking the British Government to the European Court of Justice in a bid to ban Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar from voting in elections to the European.. MORE>

MEP Calls For Arrest of "Evil" Dictator

Nirj Deva, Member of the European Parliament for South East England and Coordinator of the European Parliament’s International Development Committee will, in a session of Parliament on Thursday, call.. MORE>

Scrap Overtime? "No Way" Says South East MEP

The decision by Labour MEPs to vote in favour of scrapping Britain's individual opt-out from the 48-hour maximum working week, in clear defiance of the Labour government, shows the extent to which Tony Blair... MORE>

South East MEP Wins Bathing Water Battle

South East MEP Nirj Deva has been successful in preventing the EU's Bathing Water Directive from being extended to cover recreational waters, despite intense lobbying from pressure group Surfers Against Sewage... MORE>

MEP Speaks Up In Favour of Bangladesh

Speaking in EP today Nirj Deva, Coordinator of the Development Committee and Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said: "It is unfortunate that the democratically government of Bangladesh, elected in 2001... MORE>

South East MEP Speaks Out Over "Nail in the Coffin" for Rural Bus Services

Legislation likely to be approved in the European Parliament this week which would impose mandatory rest periods for bus drivers will be another heavy blow to Britain's already hard-pressed rural bus transport... MORE>

South East MEP Condemns EU Constitution Funding

Following today's decision by the Budgets Committee of the European Parliament to make €8 million available of taxpayer's money to promote the EU Constitution... MORE>

New EU Driving Laws "Unfair to the People of the South East" - MEP

South East MEP Nirj Deva has hit out against new European Union driving laws which are set to massively inconvenience local people with the compulsory medical checks and driving licence renewals every five years... MORE>

Article for the Asian Voice Newspaper Regarding Race Relations in the UK

George Orwell said in the thirties that Britain was the only major country in Europe whose intellectuals were ashamed of their nationality. The new report from the Runnymede Trust proves the point. “British” is a... MORE>

Statement Regarding the Indonesian Earthquake

Reacting to the news that a powerful earthquake that measured in excess of 6.5 on the Richter scale has struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, Nirj Deva, Member of the European Parliament for South East.. MORE>

MEP Devises Pioneering New Structure for Delivering International Aid

In a move towards what he described as “transparency and accountability”, South East of England MEP Nirj Deva this week suggested pioneering reforms to the way international development is delivered to... MORE>

"Air Tax Plans Bad for South East Airports" - MEP

The Member of the European Parliament for Kent, Nirj Deva, has criticised plans proposed by the German Government to impose a tax on airline fuel, describing them as “bad for business and bad for Kent”... MORE>

"Your Man in Brussels" - January 2005

Since returning to Brussels in earlier in the month I have been in the unique position of being not only a Member of the Overseas Development and Foreign Affairs Committee but also the only MEP... MORE>

South East MEP Says "No" To European Constitution

All 28 of the British Conservatives in the European Parliament voted in Strasbourg today (12 Jan) to reject the proposed EU Constitution, and many of them attended... MORE>

MEP Hosts Conference on Post-Tsunami Relief and Reconstruction

Following the near-unanimous passing of a Resolution of the European Parliament in support of the reconstruction efforts, South East of England MEP Nirj Deva hosted... MORE>

MEP Takes Lead on Tsunami Reconstruction Effort

Nirj Deva, Coordinator of the European Parliament’s International Development Committee and Conservative Member for South East England was called to open... MORE>

UK MEP in Sri Lanka Calls for Urgent Aid

Nirj Deva, MEP for the South-East of England is a survivor of the natural disaster which has devastated south Asia. He was in Sri Lanka when the tidal wave struck, and is currently taking an active part in the disaster... MORE>