London Labour MEPs 1989 – 94
l-r Pauline Green, Anita, Stan Newens, Alf Lomas,
Richard Balfe, Michael Elliott, Carole Tongue
Official photo
First official European Parliament portrait 1989
Voting begins
Proudly voting in Strasbourg plenary 1989
The Social Chapter
Anita with Social Chapter poster in Brussels 1989
Tutu visit
Welcoming Bishop Tutu to European Parliament 1990
South African visitors
With Winnie Mandela at a Womens’ Rights Committee meeting
Petition
Presenting Euro Card petition to the President, 1990
Berlin Wall
The Socialist Group visited Berlin
in February 1991 to celebrate opening of the Wall
Saving baby seals
March 1991 off Prince Edward Island Canada, campaigning
for ban on baby fur seal imports.
Democratic visit
Senator Ted Kennedy visits the European Parliament,
here at a Socialist Group reception
Speaking in Strasbourg
Anita presenting her report on the
Urban Environment Green Paper, 1991
Electric car
With Ken Collins on an Environment Committee
visit to Denmark, 1991
Singapore 1992 for human rights
Visiting Chia Thye Poh, a dissident former MP under house arrest
Lots of voting
Strasbourg voting January 1993
Animal welfare
Campaigning against animal cruelty with RSPCA 1993
Labour Women MEPS Un-Folletted
l-r Christine Oddy, Pauline Green, Janey Buchan, Christine Crawley, Mel Read, Anita Pollack, Carole Tongue
Kashmiri refugees
Visiting a refugee camp in Pakistan 1992,
with constituent Dr Z U Khan
Voting in Strasbourg
Many hours were taken up voting on legislative amendments
No veal crates!
Anita had produced a report calling for an end
to veal calf tethering early in her first term
Against cosmetic testing on animals
Anita with daughter Katy campaigning for an EU ban
We can have BOTH jobs and sustainable development
Anita in debate on regional policy and environment,
supporting railways, 1992
Committee work
Environment Committee Hearing on Sustainable Cities March 1993
Roehampton Institute, Putney, 1993
Proud Honorary Fellow of the Institute
A million petitioned
Anita as Chair of Animal Welfare Intergroup
helps deliver the call for better live transport rules
Pakistan Parliamentary delegation visit 1993
Anita as Chair of delegation, with Begum Bhutto,
mother of former Prime Minister