Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate has presented a special award to East Yorkshire MP Sir Greg Knight, in recognition of his support for the ‘Long Live the Local’ campaign and for also helping to secure consecutive freezes in beer duty. 

An attempt to declare Belgian federalist Guy Verhofstadt as the European Parliament's Brexit negotiator should be challenged and put to all 751 MEPs.

Yorkshire Conservative MEP Timothy Kirkhope will take the title Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate, having been nominated for a peerage in former Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation honours list.

Whilst the UK is not fully signed up to the FRONTEX Agency, or the new Border and Coast Guard; it has played an active and supportive role in the Agency’s operations over the years; and I very much hope this relationship can continue.

The River Hull Advisory Board, has approved measures to prevent flooding along the River Hull.

An upgrade of the EU's system for exchanging criminal records is a step closer after the European Parliament's Home Affairs Committee approved the draft plans.

The European Parliament has today adopted a resolution that will give businesses and individuals clarity over the flow of transatlantic data, European Conservatives and Reformists shadow rapporteur Timothy Kirkhope MEP, said after the vote.

Today, International Missing Children’s Day, a new European police network for missing children experts was announced by the Netherlands EU Presidency.

Europol needs new tools to face new challenges. Today - after a long period of negotiation - we are finally giving ourselves a renewed mandate to tackle the huge security challenges we face

Building on our significant influence to shape legal and criminal enforcement, it is vital for our nation’s security that we remain a member of the European Union, argues Timothy Kirkhope MEP.