CarolineLucas

General Data

 * Born on 09 December 1960, Malvern
 * Country: United Kingdom
 * Political Group: Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (Verts/ALE) Party: Green Party

Functions in European Parliament

 * 20/07/1999 - 17/05/2010 : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (Member)
 * 22/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (Substitute)
 * 14/09/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Vice-Chair)
 * 17/01/2002 - 20/02/2002 : Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 02/04/2003 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (Substitute)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (Member)
 * 06/02/2002 - 17/02/2003 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Vice-President)
 * 18/02/2003 - 19/07/2004 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
 * 03/04/2003 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (Substitute)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on International Trade (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 14/03/2007 : Delegation for relations with Israel (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (Member)
 * 15/03/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the United States (Substitute)
 * 29/03/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with Mercosur (Substitute)
 * 10/05/2007 - 04/02/2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change (Substitute)
 * 16/07/2009 - 17/05/2010 : Committee on International Trade (Member)
 * 16/07/2009 - 17/05/2010 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (Member)
 * 16/07/2009 - 17/05/2010 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Substitute)
 * 16/09/2009 - 17/05/2010 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (Vice-Chair)
 * 16/09/2009 - 17/05/2010 : Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * BA (First Class Hons.) English Literature, Exeter University (1980-1983)
 * Scholarship, University of Kansas (1983-1984)
 * Diploma in Journalism (1987)
 * Ph.D
 * (English and Women's Studies), University of Exeter (1985-1989)
 * National press officer, Green Party (1987-1989)
 * With Oxfam: press officer (1989-1991)
 * Communications officer, Asia Desk (1991-1994)
 * Policy adviser on trade and the environment (1994-1997)
 * Team leader for trade and investment (1998-1999)
 * With UKGovernment: Policy adviser on trade and investment, Department for International Development (1997-1998)
 * In the Green Party: Co-Chair, Party National Council (1989-1990)
 * General election speaker (1991-1992)
 * Member, Party Regional Council (1997-1999)
 * Principal Speaker (2003- )
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
 * Vice-President, ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (1999-2003)
 * Advisory Board Member: International Forum on Globalisation
 * Centre for a Social Europe
 * Trustee, Radiation Research Trust
 * Patron, Joliba Trust (Africa), Matron, Women's Environmental Network
 * President, UNA West Oxfordshire Branch
 * Publications include: 'Green Alternatives to globalisation: a manifesto' (co-author) (2004)
 * 'The euro, or a sustainable future for Britain', Green Party (2000)
 * 'Reforming world trade', Oxfam (1994)

Votes

 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 100.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 90.0/100
 * 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 89.5/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 100.0/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 93.9/100

Positions
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