About Neena Gill

Neena was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999, the UK's first Asian female MEP and re-elected in June 2004 to represent the West Midlands Region.

Prior to becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Neena was Chief Executive of ASRA and the Newlon Housing Group. Neena still maintains an interest in Social housing issues and sits on the Urban Housing intergroup in the European Parliament.

Neena is fluent in several Asian languages, Italian and is currently working hard on her French and German. This has proved invaluable in promoting trade links with South Asia as part of her work as President of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with India, which she was elected to in 2007.

Activities within the EP

Neena is a member of the European Parliamentary Labour Party which is a member of the Party of European Socialists in the European Parliament.

President of EP Delegation for Relations with India (elected 2007)

President (2004-2007) of EP Delegation for Relations with South Asia and SAARC countries

Vice President (2002-2004) of EP Delegation for Relations with South Asia and SAARC countries

Member:

• Budgets Committee (former Rapporteur of other EU institutions)
• Ex-Officio member of the SAARC Delegation, 2007

Substitute Member:

• ITRE Committee - Industry, Research and Energy: dealing with Information Society and Industry issues.
• Delegation ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Working on the following Reports and Opinions:

• Rapporteur on Ambient Assisted Living ICT for ageing.
• Opinion on Cultural Industries in Europe
• Standing Rapporteur for EU Information and Communication Policy
• Budget Rapporteur for ITRE Committee
• Development Aid
• Gender Equality

Member of European Parliament Informal Group:

• Friends of the Commonwealth (Vice President)
• Friends of Football (UEFA Sponsored)
• European Gender Equality Network

Involved in the following horizontal working groups:

Innovation, Investment, Internal Market

Member of the Inter-groups:

• Anti-Racism and Diversity (Vice President)
• URBAN-Housing
• SMEs
• Sport
• Trade Unions
• Disability

Party of European Socialists (PES):

• Auditor in the European Parliament
• Former spokesperson on the budgets of other institutions

European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP):

• Bureau Member (until end 2006)
• Represents EPLP on the Labour National Policy Forum
• Spokesperson responsible for sister-party delegation links
• Spokesperson on Budgets and Link person to the Treasury
• Member of the Disciplinary Committee

Activities linking European Parliament with other bodies:

• Member of the Foreign Policy Centre Commission
• Member of the Transatlantic Policy Network
• Member of the European Energy Foundation
• Link to British Council

Inter-Institutional Working Group (Commission, Council and the EP)

• Working Party on Information and Communication Policy

Education:

Liverpool Polytechnic (BA Hons Social Studies); Post Graduate Qualification Chartered Institute of Housing; London Business School.

Statement on MEP expenses:

A statement on Neena's MEP expenses can be found here:

Statement on MEP expenses

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