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PATH HEAD: EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY CLAIMS
25th September 2008
The European Commission is to investigate Environment Agency claims about the path head landfill site.
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MOTHERS STILL DIE DESPITE MILLENNIUM GOALS
25th September 2008
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.
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CARBON TARGETS GIVEN GREEN LIGHT BY EUROPE
25th September 2008
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.
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ROAMING TEXT CHARGES: OPERATORS STILL TO LEARN LESSONS
23rd September 2008
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.
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REPOSSESSION MUST BE THE LAST RESORT
16th September 2008
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.
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WE NEED RAIL LINES NOW SAY NORTH EAST LIB DEMS
16th September 2008
Liberal Democrats today unveiled their proposals for a transport system for the 21st century, on the penultimate day of the Bournemouth conference.
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GURKHA SOLDIERS HAVE EARNED THEIR CITIZENSHIP - HALL
16th September 2008
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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HALL SPEAKS OUT AGAINST 'ECO GHETTOS'
15th September 2008
Fiona Hall, Euro-MP for the North East today took the centre stage in a debate on Eco Towns at the Lib Dem Conference in Bournemouth.
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EU PARLIAMENT’S CEILING COLLAPSE IS CLEAR ‘SIGN FROM ABOVE’ SAYS HALL
27th August 2008
MEPs had a lucky escape recently when 10 percent of the European Parliament’s ceiling in Strasbourg collapsed into the chamber. As the Parliament is in its summer recess, no MEPs were present at the time.
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CUT SCHOOL UNIFORM COSTS SAYS NORTH EAST MEP
3rd September 2008
With parents struggling to pay for the high cost of their children’s school clothes,North East MEP Fiona Hall has called on schools’ governing bodies to keep down uniform costs, by minimising the number of expensive ‘badged’ items displaying the school logo.
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NORTH EAST SET TO BE DRIVER OF ENERGY POLICY UNDER LIB DEMS
28th August 2008
Fiona Hall, Energy spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament, has today welcomed the launch of the new Lib Dem policy paper on UK energy, saying it would put North East England at the heart of new investment.
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ASKING MARKET TRADERS TO QUIET DOWN IS TO LOSE TOUCH WITH REALITY
18th August 2008
Fiona Hall has commented on the news that Tynedale District Council have asked local market traders in the historic market town of Hexham to quieten down during their trading hours.
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POST OFFICE PETITION POSTING: THE LAST PUSH
8th August 2008
Liberal Democrats from across Newcastle today came together in the fight to save Newcastle Post Offices, just days before the consultation period is due to end, and the fate of nine Post offices in Newcastle is finally decided.
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LIB DEMS SUPPORT TOUGH ACTION AS NORTH EAST KNIFE CRIME IS REVEALED
29th July 2008
Liberal Democrats in the North East are calling for tough action against those people who use knives in violent attacks.
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SIKH SCHOOLGIRL’S COURT WIN IS A VICTORY OF COMMON SENSE - HALL
29th July 2008
Fiona Hall MEP for the North East has been delighted to hear the news that Sarika Singh, the 14 year old school girls excluded from school for refusing to take off her Kara – a religious steel bracelet sacred to Sikhs - has won her case at the High Court today.
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Fiona Hall MEP
