http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Elspeth Attwooll MEP en-GB Elspeth Attwooll MEP http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Elspeth Attwooll MEP 2008-11-22T20:40+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000292/european_parliament_urges_member_states_to_ban_cluster_bombs.html Scottish Liberal Democrat MEP Elspeth Attwooll today appealed for all EU member states to sign the UN Convention on Cluster Munitions when the document opens for signatures this coming December. 2008-11-20T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000291/eu_can_help_bring_pupils_closer_to_healthy_diet.html A new school fruit scheme proposed by the European Union can help to make sure that Scottish pupils are getting their daily recommended allowance of fruit and vegetables and help fight child obesity - says Scottish Liberal Democrat MEP Elspeth Attwooll. 2008-11-18T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000289/right_time_for_eu_donor_card.html An EU wide donor card would boost the chances of finding the right donor at the right time and could save many lives each year, according to Elspeth Attwooll Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland. 2008-11-18T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000290/elspeth_backs_changes_to_eu_duty_free_rules.html Liberal Democrat MEP Elspeth Attwooll has backed new European Parliament proposals on duty free purchases, saying that they would be "good news for Scottish airports". 2008-11-18T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000288/elspeth_checks_out_pavilions_alloa_business_park_plan.html Elspeth has visited Clackmannanshire to check out plans for the new phase of the Alloa West Business Park and see how European funds are being used in the local area. She visited the site along with local Councillor John Biggam and Perth & Kinross Councillor George Hayton. 2008-11-17T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000287/lib_dems_swap_campaign_trail_for_loch_leven_heritage_trail.html Liberal Democrat MEP Elspeth Attwooll was in Kinross last week as she swapped the campaign trail in Glenrothes for the newly-opened Heritage Trail on the banks of Loch Leven. 2008-11-13T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000286/lib_dems_praise_bishopbriggs_academys_arctic_explorer.html Liberal Democrats Elspeth Attwooll MEP and Jo Swinson MP have congratulated Bishopbriggs Academy pupil David Smith, who recently returned from an expedition across the Arctic seas to investigate the effects of climate change. 2008-11-07T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000285/time_is_now_for_action_on_human_trafficking.html Elspeth Attwooll MEP is calling on all political institutions to work together to combat the multi-billion pound trade in human trafficking, which includes the sale of two million children into slave labour and prostitution each year. 2008-10-18T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000284/scots_mep_promotes_patients_right_to_crossborder_eu_medical_care.html Elspeth Attwooll MEP has joined with liberals and democrats from across the European Union to promote the right of EU citizens to medical treatment in other Member States. 2008-09-24T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000283/elspeth_encourages_more_student_exchanges.html Scottish Lib Dem MEP Elspeth Attwooll is encouraging more Scottish students to apply to the Erasmus exchange programme, which allows students to spend up to a year at another European university as part of their course. 2008-09-23T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000282/elspeth_congratulates_people_of_arran_on_the_success_of_coast_campaign.html Elspeth has expressed her delight at the news that Lamlash Bay on Arran will become Scotland's first community marine reserve, and offered her congratulations to all the local campaigners whose hard work made this possible. 2008-09-23T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000281/public_service_review_article_now_online.html Elspeth's fisheries article in the latest edition of Public Service Review is now available on-line. 2008-09-22T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000280/elspeth_welcomes_replacement_ferry_service_for_rosyth.html Elspeth has welcomed the announcement that a replacement operator has been found for the Rosyth - Zebrugge route, which Superfast ferries recently stopped running. 2008-09-19T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000279/cake_ban_just_the_latest_euromyth.html Elspeth Attwooll MEP has dismissed reports that EU hygiene rules will mean that the SWRI will have to destroy cakes made for bakery contests, calling them "the latest in a long line of euro-myths". 2008-09-02T00:00+00:00 http://www.elspethattwooll.org.uk/news/000278/time_for_cheaper_eu_texts.html Elspeth has welcomed news that call roaming charges are set to fall once again, making it cheaper for us to call home from other EU countries. But now she insists that it is time for similar reductions in the price of sending texts across EU borders. 2008-08-29T00:00+00:00