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Fiona's work in the Industry, Research and Energy Committee

In addition to Fiona's work as Rapporteur, Fiona is the leading negotiator for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament on the following issues:

• Fiona is currently working on an update of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive on behalf of ALDE.

• Fiona is also currently leading the negotiations for ALDE on the proposed repeal of the GSM Directive (Global System for Mobile communications).

• In 2008, Fiona led the negotiations for ALDE on the Directive on the promotion of the use of Energy from Renewable Sources as part of the EU's climate change package. (Speech: 4 December 2008/ speech: 16 December 2008).

• Energy Statistics (December 2007, speech)
• Galileo (October 2006, speech)
• The European Commission's Green Paper on Energy Efficiency (May 2006, newsletter)

• Heating and Cooling from Renewables (February 2006, speech)

• Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services (November 2005, speech)

As Lib Dem spokesperson on energy, Fiona is also taking up North East energy concerns at both the national and international level, including high gas and electricity prices, the functioning of the gas interconnector between the UK and the continent, major energy users' concerns over the Emissions Trading System, access to the grid for small renewables producers and grass roots implementation of energy efficiency measures.

She has spoken at energy events and conferences across Europe, including PRAESEG (2006, London), Glass Performance Days (2007, Tampere), ECEEE (2007, Nice), Sustainable Energy Forum (2008, Amsterdam), Eurelectric (2008, Barcelona) and the World Sustainable Energy Days (2009, Wels, Austria).