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Welcome to the web site of Elspeth Attwooll
Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland
Elspeth Attwooll was first elected for the Liberal Democrats to the European Parliament in 1999. In June 2004, Elspeth was re-elected and the Liberal Democrats saw their share of the vote rise in the European Elections across Scotland. Labour, the SNP and Tories all saw their vote share fall.
This site is the best way to keep in touch with Elspeth Attwooll and her work for Scotland in the European Parliament. Elspeth works hard all year round and keeps in touch with regular news updates on this site.
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Elspeth says 'thank you'
Fri 29th May 2009
As Elspeth is not standing again in the election on Thursday, she would just like to thank everyone she has met or who has contacted her in the course of the last ten years. She is very grateful for the extent to which these contributions have helped her with her work in the European Parliament.
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EU fisheries policy needs to be radically decentralised
Fri 24th Apr 2009
The European Parliament adopted a report today by Elspeth Attwooll which advocates a complete recast of the institutional governance of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), in particular by reinforcing the role of the Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) established in 2004. This report comes at a time when the European Commission has announced a wide consultation in order to reform "Blue Europe" in view of 2013.
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MEP urges caution over increasing exposure to electromagnetic fields
Thu 2nd Apr 2009
The European Parliament today backed a report that calls on the European Commission to review safe levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields in order to bring them in line with the huge increase in use of mobile phones, wireless internet and satellite navigation systems in the decade since the safe levels were last decided.
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"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different. "
April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election
www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June
"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. "
Labour MP Ian Gibson
Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.
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