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Monday, 6th October 2008 Welcome

 

Thank you for visiting my website where you will find all my news, articles and speeches, campaigns and read about how I spend my week in the European Parliament and North East England.

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With best wishes,

Fiona

 

Latest News
PATH HEAD: EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY CLAIMS
The European Commission is to investigate Environment Agency claims about the path head landfill site.

MOTHERS STILL DIE DESPITE MILLENNIUM GOALS
At the UN High Level meeting today in New York, world leaders are expected to reaffirm their commitments to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to end extreme poverty.

CARBON TARGETS GIVEN GREEN LIGHT BY EUROPE
New binding targets to ensure car manufacturers reduce their CO2 emissions have been given the green light today, despite persistent lobbying from car manufacturers and a tough fight between MEPs on the European Parliament’s Environment Committee.

ROAMING TEXT CHARGES: OPERATORS STILL TO LEARN LESSONS
The European Commission has today announced that the price of roaming text and data charges will be dramatically reduced, thereby ending large costs for roaming customers in EU countries who currently pay almost 10 times more than domestic messaging.


REPOSSESSION MUST BE THE LAST RESORT
North East Lib Dems called on the government to do more to help struggling homeowners in the region, at the national party conference in Bournemouth today.

WE NEED RAIL LINES NOW SAY NORTH EAST LIB DEMS
Liberal Democrats today unveiled their proposals for a transport system for the 21st century, on the penultimate day of the Bournemouth conference.

GURKHA SOLDIERS HAVE EARNED THEIR CITIZENSHIP - HALL
Speaking ahead of the rally today, in which Gurkha soldiers and their families will walk from the Royal Courts of Justice to mark the first day of the High Court hearing on the issue of settlement rights for Gurkhas, Fiona Hall MEP for the North East, has urged the Prime Minister to grant citizenship to the veterans.

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