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Profile:
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Elected June 2004 to the European Parliament
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Committee Member on Regional Development
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Alternate Committee Member on Industry, Research and
Energy
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Alternate Member on the Temporary Committee on policy
challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013
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Member of the Delegation for relations with
Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA)
Joint Parliamentary Committee
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Deputy SNP Spokesman for International Relations
Born in Glasgow in 1973,
Alyn grew up in Saudi Arabia, returning to Scotland in 1986. He
attended Leeds and Heidelberg Universities, and graduated from
Nottingham Law School in 1996. Alyn also achieved a Masters degree
in European Studies from the College of Europe in Warsaw. After a
spell of working with Scotland Europa in Brussels, Alyn moved to
London where he qualified with Clifford Chance, a commercial law
firm.
Prior to his election
Alyn worked on the SNP staff in Holyrood. Here he focused on
European, Justice and Business policies. Since his election to the
European Parliament in 2004, Alyn’s time is split roughly between
half in Brussels or Strasbourg, and half in Scotland. Alyn takes a
particular interest in the South of Scotland and he has become
particularly involved with agriculture issues, environmental matters
and regional funding programmes whilst also continually working to
further the cause of Scottish Independence within the European
Union.
Click
here to visit Alyn's website
Click
here to visit Alyn's blog
European Parliament,
08H149,
60 rue Wiertz,
B-1047 Brussels, Belgium
c/o SNP Headquarters,
107 McDonald Road,
Edinburgh,
EH7 4NW
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