Caroline Lucas MEP (SE England)
Elected in 1999, Caroline Lucas is the Green Party MEP representing the South-East of England. She sits on the European Parliament Trade and Environment Committees as well as being Vice President of the Parliament's Animal Welfare Intergroup. Her work both within the Parliament and in her constituency includes peace and human rights, international trade and development, transport, planning and health issues and animal welfare.
Caroline Lucas
The European Parliament's Equalities Coalition consists of a series of inter-groups made up
of members from across the political divide. It includes the inter-groups on
aging,
disability,
race, and
lesbian and gays. Caroline is an active member of all of these groups.
In February 2004, European Parliament adopted a resolution establishing the EU's
recommendations for the 2004 UN Commission on Human Rights. Following a proposal made by the
Green group, the paragraphs referring to the resolution on sexual orientation were improved
to call for support of the full integration of a gender perspective throughout the United
Nations system. The Parliament's Intergroup on lesbian and gays
Rights offered thanks to the
Greens for the work they did on this.
Caroline's Lucas South East MEP work on LGBT issues
Caroline's election pledge to the LGBT community was to continue to work for Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender equality by:
- Pressing for action against national governments not fully complying with the EU directive on employment protection
- Supporting measures to outlaw homophobic and transphobic discrimination in access to goods and services, eg life insurance and mortgages
- Campaigning for the recognition of same sex marriages and registered partnerships throughout the EU
- Seeking to extend the definition of 'family' to include LGBT partnerships in areas such as asylum legislation
- Commissioning a report on best practice in policing, with a view to developing a Charter for Policing LGBT Communities
www.carolinelucasmep.org.uk/
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