Robert STURDY

INTACommittee on International Trade

DCARDelegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
DACPDelegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

AGRICommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development
D-IQDelegation for relations with Iraq
DPAPDelegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament

• Educated at Ashville College, Harrogate. Trained in accountancy. Built up substantial farming business in West Yorkshire.
• Has held a number of appointments and chairmanships in the National Farmers' Union.
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994). In the British Conservative delegation in the European Parliament: deputy leader, member of the bureau and agricultural spokesman (since 1999).
• Member of the RSPB, Globe, the Intergroup for Animal Welfare, the Rugby League Intergroup and treasurer of the Land Use and Food Policy Intergroup. Vice-Chairman of the Cambridgeshire Beekeepers Association.