AndrewDuff

General Data

 * Born on 25 December 1950, Birkenhead
 * Country: United Kingdom
 * Political Group: Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party: Liberal Democrats Party

 Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 10G346 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: [callto://+3222845998 +32 2 28 45 998]/[callto://+3222847998 +32 2 28 47 998] Fax: +32 2 28 49 998 Bâtiment Winston Churchill M02010 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: [callto://+33388175998 +33 3 88 175 998]/[callto://+33388177998 +33 3 88 177 998] Fax: +33 3 88 179 998
 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:andrew.duff@europarl.europa.eu andrew.duff(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=4514
 * Site web: www.andrewduffmep.org

Functions in European Parliament

 * Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Member)
 * Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * Committee on Foreign Affairs (Substitute)
 * Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Substitute)
 * Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Studied at Cambridge University: MA (1975)
 * M.Litt
 * (1978)
 * Research Fellow, Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
 * Research Officer, Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government
 * Director of Federal Trust (1993-1999)
 * Vice-President of the Liberal Democrats (1994-1997)
 * Councillor, City of Cambridge (1982-1990)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
 * Vice-Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (since 1999).Chair, Liberal caucus to the European Convention (2002-2003)
 * Vice-Chairman of European Parliamentary delegation to the Convention (2002-2003)
 * Member of the Board of the Trans-European Policy Studies Association
 * Co-Chair, Federalist Intergroup for the European Constitution
 * Member of the Steering Committee, International European Movement
 * OBE (1997)

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 28.3/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 62.5/100
 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 22.2/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 51.9/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 100.0/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 63.2/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 9.7/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 24.2/100

Positions
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28/03/2010 Written Declaration 12/2010 (ACTA)
Has signed written declaration 12/2010 on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content.