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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Mon 15th Mar 2010
North East MEP Fiona Hall has joined calls by UK Liberal Democrat MEPs in the European Parliament's Agricultural Committee to delay punishing farmers for tagging infringements that came into force at the beginning of this year until the technical problems with sheep tagging have been ironed out.
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Sun 14th Mar 2010
North East Liberal Democrats, including Fiona Hall MEP and Berwick-upon Tweed MP Sir Alan Beith, highlighted the critical need for supporting manufacturing in the North East at the party's spring conference in Birmingham last weekend. Commenting on the party's policy on manufacturing, Sir Alan said:
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Thu 11th Mar 2010
A €1bn (£900,000,000) hole in EU investment plans for sustainable energy technology needs to be closed to ensure that the transformation of the North East economy is not stalled, says North East Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
NORTH EAST Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall has welcomed today's European Parliament vote in favour of exempting struggling small businesses from producing onerous annual accounts.
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Wed 10th Mar 2010
Fiona Hall MEP (North East of England) has welcomed the shift announced yesterday by the European Commission on the requirements necessary for the EU to increase its 2020 carbon emissions reduction goals from 20 to 30%.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
A North East MEP has spoken out in support of legislation that would place a duty on tanning businesses to prevent the use of sunbeds by under-18s and impose strict requirements for supervision, provision of information on health risks, and eye protection.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
A North East MEP has welcomed the introduction of a cut-off level on mobile internet roaming charges to protect customers from nasty "bill shocks" after they have been online when in another EU country.
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Tue 9th Mar 2010
New EU rules will allow family pets to take continental holidays for years to come.
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Mon 1st Mar 2010
Northumberland Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall has welcomed O2's decision to cancel its plan to put up a new phone mast next to a school in Darras Hall after a meeting between local campaigners and the mobile phone provider which she had helped to arrange.
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Mon 1st Mar 2010
North East Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall is calling on EU member states to follow the British lead and introduce nationwide breast screening programmes to step up the fight against breast cancer across Europe.
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Sat 27th Feb 2010
After attending the Fairtrade Tea Dance at Eldon Leisure in Newcastle, North East Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall said:
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Fri 26th Feb 2010
North East Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall is calling on the European Commission to step up its fight against corruption across the EU.
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Mon 22nd Feb 2010
North East Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall is calling on the UK and other EU member states to provide more support for the victims of human trafficking by providing specialist services, protection and temporary residence permits.
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Wed 17th Feb 2010
Members of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) who observed the presidential, legislative and provincial elections which took place on 28 October 2009 have returned to Mozambique to present their final report. The report contains a detailed analysis of the elections and an assessment of a number of areas including the legal framework, the performance of the electoral administration, the campaign environment and media coverage.
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Tue 16th Feb 2010
North East MEP Fiona Hall has called for a total ban on the trade in blue fin tuna.
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
North East Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall has welcomed a successful step forward to ending the cruelty suffered by horses transported for slaughter.
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Thu 11th Feb 2010
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today set out a manifesto pledge to create 57,000 jobs by investing £400million upgrading disused shipyards to enable the production of off-shore wind turbines.
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Thu 11th Feb 2010
In a historic vote, the European Parliament this week rejected an agreement between EU governments and the USA that has allowed confidential data about British citizens to be handed over to the American authorities.
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Mon 8th Feb 2010
Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall is using '112 day' - 11th February or 11/2 - to call for more publicity for the EU-wide emergency number 112.
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