David Hallam

David Hallam is a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of the European Parliament for the Herefordshire and Shropshire constituency in England, in the 1994–1999 European Parliament.

Hallam first stood for the European Parliament in 1984 for the Shropshire and Stafford constituency; he stood again in 1989 and was elected on revised boundaries in 1994 for what was widely held to be a safe Conservative seat.

During his five-year mandate Hallam was one of the Parliament’s most assiduous members, attending every session and recording votes on over 99% of all possible occasions.

In the Parliament he served on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, was a substitute member of the committees on budgets and regional policy, on the standing delegation to the Israeli Knesset, and the EU-Slovak joint parliamentary committee.

Hallam was on this committee for the whole of his mandate and drafted several reports or opinions on its behalf.

• Proposal amending Regulation establishing a support system for certain arable crops A4-0378/96;

• The agri-monetary system for the single market A0261/97;

• Proposal to establish an integrated administration and control system for certain community aid schemes A4-0019/94;

• Proposal to amend the directive for the conservation of wild birds A4-0337/95;

• The application of EU directives on homeopathic medicinal products A4-0378/98.

Hallam was on this committee for the first half of his mandate and drafted three opinions on its behalf:

• Europe and the global information society (interim report) A4-0073/94 and (full report) A4-0244/96;

• Guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks A4-0336/95.

Hallam’s constituency benefited from Objective 5B, Objective 2, and Leader II regional funds.

Hallam was a member on this then newly formed committee to assist in the accession of Slovakia to the European Union. In October 1996 he travelled with the committee to Bratislava which had a mandate from the European Parliament to challenge Prime Minister Meciar on his disturbing human rights violations. Hallam’s intervention made front page news in Slovakia.

Hallam visited Israel several times with this standing delegation. He made it clear that his top priority would be to encourage peace and trade. “Building trade links is a good investment because when the peace process is complete there are ambitious Israeli and Arab plans for the Jordan Basin to become an economic powerhouse for the entire region”. His continued interest in Israel resurfaced in 2010 when the Methodist Church of which Hallam is a member and accredited local preacher published a report that Hallam considered to be unfair and misleading.

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