Technology Forum. He is a governor of the European Internet Foundation. He has been the lead MEP (rapporteur) for major legislation on Telecoms, the Single Market and Motor Vehicle standards. Since 2005, he has served on the CARS 21 High Level Group, a Europe-wide initiative to boost the automotive industry. He was named as a top 50 European of 2006 for his key role in broking agreement on the Services Directive. In May 2006, he was named the UK's most Small Business Friendly UK Parliamentarian by members of the Forum of Private Business. In September 2010, he was voted Internal Market MEP of the Year. Harbour was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to the British economy. Personal life Harbour married his wife, Penny, in 1969. He has two daughters, Louise and Katy, and four grandchildren. He lives in Solihull. His interests include travel, cooking, choral singing and motor racing. Footnotes External links Profile on European Parliament website Detailed information on his work MEP Malcolm Harbour backs Birmingham Post's Jaguar Land Rover campaign FFII view https://web.archive.org/web/20090323004422/http://blog.ldv.com/blogs/ldvblog.nsf/dx/malcolm-harbour-mep-electric-maxus-test-drive.htm?opendocument&comments FFII UK Malcolm Harbour and software patents FFII on Malcolm Harbour Malcolm Harbour — updated wiki page Profile on European Internet Foundation website 1947 births Living people People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Alumni of Aston University Conservative Party (UK) MEPs MEPs for England 1999–2004 MEPs for England 2004–2009 MEPs for England 2009–2014 Commanders of the Order of the British Empire