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EVERY CHILD MUST BE ABLE TO LIVE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION
16th June 2008
Euro MEP for the North East Fiona Hall, has signed a nation-wide petition supporting Sarika Singh from South Wales, who has been excluded from school since November 2007 for refusing to stop wearing a religious bangle.
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MEPS VOTE FOR MORE RUBBISH RECYCLING
19th June 2009
Although the North East might have seen the greatest improvement of any region in the country, in the percentage of household waste recycled from 2002-2006, new EU legislation will help the region aim higher in a bid to improve recycling rates for household rubbish across the UK.
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PLASTIC BAGS: RE-USE NOT ONE-USE SAYS LOCAL MEP
26th June 2008
Durham MEP, Fiona Hall will be present today to support Durham retailers adding their signatures to the ‘Durham Agreement’, a campaign which urges Durham retailers to trim down on the number of free single-use carrier bags they distribute in shops around the city.
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LOCAL MEP ANSWERS CALLS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES
20th June 2008
Fiona Hall MEP for the North East of England has responded to a call from the North East branch of the Federation of Small Businesses by backing a European written declaration which requests the implementation of proper support for small and medium enterprises (SME) within the Small Business Act, currently going through the European Parliament.
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HONOUR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE WORLD’S POOREST SAYS HALL
20th June 2008
British NGO, Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA), has launched a petition calling on European leaders to make good on their promise to help the world’s poorest people.
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MEPS PRESS FOR AN END TO CONTAMINATED WATER IN EUROPE
19th June 2009
Thirty-three pollutants likely to be found in rivers, lakes and coastal waters must be reduced or phased out completely depending on the level of risk involved, MEPs have said.
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HALL BACKS CAMPAIGN TO RE-OPEN VITAL TRAIN LINE, CALLING FOR A SHIFT FROM ROAD TO RAIL TRAVEL
16th June 2008
MEP for Northumberland Fiona Hall has written a letter to Rail Minister Tom Harris MP ahead of his visit to the region, urging him to re-open the Ashington, Blyth and Tyne railway line for passenger use.
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HALL BACKS EU MISSING CHILD ALERT SYSTEM
12th June 2008
Local Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall is calling for the introduction of a European - wide child alert system for missing children.
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MAKE BRUSSELS THE ONE HOME OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SAYS HALL
11 June 2008
Fiona Hall MEP for the North East has written to the Minister for Europe, Jim Murphy MP, asking for the UK Government to support moves to make Brussels the permanent home of the European Parliament.
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NORTH EAST READY TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE ... WITH A LITTLE HELP
3rd June 2008
climate change champion Fiona Hall MEP has released key findings from a Climate Change Survey which asked local people to voice their opinions on the affects of climate change.
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LOCAL MINES MUST NOT STORE HAZARDOUS MERCURY WASTE-HALL
22nd May 2008
Fiona Hall MEP for Billingham and the North East, has abstained from voting on the European Parliament’s amendments for the storage of mercury waste.
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UK’S PLEDGE ON CLIMATE CHANGE HELP FOR POOR IS A SHAM - HALL
21st May 2008
Lib Dem MEP for North East England, Fiona Hall, has slammed the Government over climate change help for poor countries.
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NORTH EAST RURAL AREAS WON'T MISS OUT ON NEW SATELLITE SERVICES DEAL
21st May 2008
MEP Fiona Hall has brokered a deal which ensures that rural and remote areas in the North East will not miss out on new mobile satellite services operating across Europe.
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MORE JOBS ARE LOST AS CREDIT CRUNCH HITS THE NORTH EAST
21st May 2008
Fiona Hall has commented on Citigroup's decision to close call centres in Doxford Park, Sunderland resulting in 400 job losses.
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NORTH EAST TO LEAD THE WAY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
16th May 2008
Lib Dem Energy Spokesperson in the European Parliament,Fiona Hall, yesterday hosted a top level discussion on renewable energy with experts from the North East region, including representatives from Tees Biofuel Company ENSUS and the North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).
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Fiona Hall MEP
