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European Parliament News
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| Motor Mouth Cars to Make Euro Roads Safer |
18/08/2008 |
| “We all know how frustrating it can be to get stuck in a traffic jam,” commented Neena this afternoon. “As long as my car stays in its place and doesn’t start lecturing me about women drivers I would be happy to accept its advice" |
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| Euro Election Clock is Ticking |
06/08/2008 |
| We are one year away from the European elections, yet there is still a relatively low level of awareness of these among the public at large, Citizens still have little knowledge and information about the work of the Parliament and Commission |
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| Peking Duck Hunt Over |
04/08/2008 |
| Rumours circulating that a ban on Peking Duck is to be enacted by the Mandarins at the EU, have once again shown how little some of our national newspapers check out their European facts before rushing to print. |
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| Neena Gill MEP Welcomes Speaker's Conference |
01/08/2008 |
| Neena Gill has welcomed the announcement by the Speaker of the House of Commons that a Conference is to be convened to consider the representation of women and ethnic minorities in the House of Commons and the UK population at large |
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| World Bank Boss joins Campaign to Save Old Stripy |
28/07/2008 |
| West Midlands Labour MEP Neena Gill today welcomed a pledge of support from World Bank president Robert Zoellick for her campaign to save the wild tiger. |
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| EU ban on cruel hunt gets Neena’s seal of approval |
25/07/2008 |
| Neena Gill, Labour MEP for the West Midlands, today welcomed Wednesday’s move by the European Commission to propose a ban within the European Union on products derived from the inhumane hunting of seals. |
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| Baobab Comes to Brum |
23/07/2008 |
| So next time your feeling a bit bored of banana’s, apples and pears ask your shopkeeper where he keeps his Baobab, don’t worry his confusion will be temporary!” |
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| Strasbourg Roundup (July) |
18/07/2008 |
| Here are the headlines from Strasbourg: fighting to save Solihull Fujitsu jobs; improving food safety: examining food additives; ensuring safety for children in airplanes and cracking down on air fare cons |
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| Major Boost for Action on Missing Children |
17/07/2008 |
| LABOUR'S campaign for action on missing children has received a major boost this week with support for a Europe-wide 'Amber Alert' system and the 116000 missing child hotline. |
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| Women in Europe |
14/07/2008 |
| In order to be truly representative of all European society, political bodies must reflect the fact that more than half of the population is female. |
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| Food additives pose threat to children, says MEP |
11/07/2008 |
| West Midlands Labour MEP Neena Gill has backed a European Parliament call for a ban on harmful food colourings linked to hyperactivity in children. |
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| Neena Gill to Vote against Air Cost Con |
10/07/2008 |
| An end to hidden air fare costs comes a step closer this week when Labour MEPs in Strasbourg back plans to include all airport taxes, fees and charges in the basic ticket price advertised to travellers. |
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| Neena Speaks on Diversity in Europe |
07/07/2008 |
| When I was elected in 1999, nobody believed I was a British MEP – they thought I might be Italian, Greek or Spanish – but certainly not British ! |
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| West Mids MEP Calls for Phone Fairness |
03/07/2008 |
| The date set by the EU for mobile phone companies to cut prices for customers making calls between networks whilst abroad has now been reached. This follows the EU's recent success in cutting international roaming charges. |
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| Strasbourg Round Up (June) |
02/07/2008 |
| Welcome to the June edition of my monthly newsletter. These are the headlines from Strasbourg: working towards better energy prices for consumers; we accept a clean water and waste framework directive; EPLP abstains over illegal immigration, |
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| Neena Welcomes Breakthrough on Flood Funding |
01/07/2008 |
| The European Commission has confirmed that 100% of EU Solidarity Fund Aid designated to help the regions affected by last summer's floods must be spent on the ground. |
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| Neena at Westminster |
25/06/2008 |
| Having provided the legal opinion on the European White Paper on Sport, Neena Gill MEP was asked to give a European and British perspective on football to an inquiry entitled ‘Football and its Governance at Westminster Parliament. |
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| Strasbourg Round Up (May) |
24/06/2008 |
| As ever, this Strasbourg week has been a busy one. In the Round Up this month: EP debates Burma's cyclone and China's earthquake; EP calls for global action on food prices; MEPs back anti-discrimination legislation; |
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| Statement on MEP expenses |
23/06/2008 |
| Neena Gill, MEP, has made a statement on MEP expenses |
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| Neena Stands Up for Energy Customers |
23/06/2008 |
| West Midlands MEP Neena Gill has been championing UK energy consumers’ rights in the European Parliament recently. |
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| Neena Votes on Action for Poverty Report |
19/06/2008 |
| It is totally unacceptable 78 million people in Europe are currently living at risk of poverty. It is shocking in this day and age, that children and the elderly are unable to feed themselves or keep themselves warm. |
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| Irish 'No' is not the End of the Lisbon Treaty |
16/06/2008 |
| It is deeply disappointing that the Irish Voters appear to have rejected the Lisbon Treaty out of hand and whilst this is a blow, should not and will not be the end of the road for the treaty. |
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| Highly Skilled Migrant Workers are Needed says MEP |
12/06/2008 |
| The UK will need to attract more highly skilled workers from abroad — both from the European Union and outside it — in order to secure the future of high technology, ‘knowledge intensive’ industries in an increasingly global world |
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| Red Card to sex slavery needed at Euro 2008 |
10/06/2008 |
| Euro 2008 has kicked off . While we hope it will be an enjoyable festival of sport for millions of people from across the world, fears have been raised that the trafficking of women for prostitution will once again go unnoticed |
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| Labour MEP speaks out on soaring food prices |
04/06/2008 |
| Neena Gill, the West Midlands Labour MEP, today welcomed the European Parliament’s comprehensive call for action on soaring world food prices. |
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| MEP welcomes agency worker protection |
03/06/2008 |
| Labour MEPs, who have relentlessly campaigned for the protection of agency workers, welcomed the agreement reached recently in the UK on equal rights for agency workers after 12 weeks’ employment. This decision ends a six-year deadlock. |
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| European Parliament must do more for minorities |
22/05/2008 |
| The European Parliament yesterday adopted a report on antidiscrimination in the European Union. |
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| MEP demands end to child trafficking in sport |
08/05/2008 |
| Neena Gill, Labour M.E.P, is calling for the EU and sports bodies to collaborate in solving the growing problem of illegal trafficking of young footballers under 16 from Africa into the EU. |
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| Sports piracy: a challenge for EU |
07/05/2008 |
| The European Parliament will vote on a report on Thursday calling for the EU to take a position on intellectual property rights in sports |
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| EU Supports Quality Care for All |
06/05/2008 |
| Demands for quality and quantity of long-term care services bound to rise, says MEP |
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| Neena calls for lower VAT on Greener Goods |
29/04/2008 |
| The European Parliament voted last week on a report looking at introducing more policy instruments such as VAT reductions, emissions trading, and subsidies to adapt the market to better reflect the environmental cost of carbon. |
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| Strasbourg Roundup |
28/04/2008 |
| Spring is in the air and I've been a busy bee at Strasbourg this April session. |
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| Ending Street Homelessness |
25/04/2008 |
| On 21st April, the European Parliament formally adopted a Written Declaration on Ending Street Homelessness in Strasbourg. |
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| Neena Gill MEP thanks West Midlands Volunteers |
24/04/2008 |
| Labour MEP Neena Gill has today welcomed a European Parliament report on the role of volunteering in contributing to economic and social cohesion. |
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| MEP calls for ‘opt-out’ Organ Donor System |
23/04/2008 |
| Neena Gill, Labour MEP for the West Midlands, today welcomed a report on cross-border organ donations adopted by the European Parliament. |
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| The Fight to Save the Indian Tiger Begins |
22/04/2008 |
| Thanks to West Midlands MEP Neena Gill, Wednesday April 16th was the day, the European Parliament finally woke up to the very real possibility that the extinction of the Indian Tiger was drawing near. |
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| Last Chance to Save the Tiger? |
16/04/2008 |
| Neena Gill MEP, President of the European Parliament's India Delegation, is holding a Tiger Day in the European Parliament on 16 April where she will call for greater EU-coordinated action to prevent the tiger from becoming extinct. |
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| EU system will help to find missing children |
15/04/2008 |
| Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine, addressed MEPs in Brussels last week as part of the couple’s campaign to bring in a dedicated alert system for abducted children. |
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| Neena bends it like Beckham |
07/04/2008 |
| Neena Gill MEP as part of the “European film festival on intercultural dialogue” was asked to present her choice of British film which demonstrates how the dialogue between two cultures can be enhanced through the medium of film. |
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| Neena Gill raises India's Dalit issue |
04/04/2008 |
| Neena Gill MEP, Chair of European Parliament's India Delegation invited Dr Udit Raj, Chair of Dalit International Foundation, to address the Parliament's India Delegation meeting on 1 April. |
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| West Mids MEP backs free to view football |
02/04/2008 |
| West Midlands MEP Neena Gill has won unanimous support for her proposal to allow Member States the right to take measures to ensure wide access by the public to television coverage of national events of major importance, |
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| Neena condemns loss of life at childbirth |
25/03/2008 |
| In a speech to parliamentarians of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) last week, Neena Gill, MEP for the West Midlands, condemned the disgraceful rate of progress in reducing death rates among mothers in the Third World |
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| How ICT can help our ageing population |
19/03/2008 |
| Neena Gill MEP last week saw her report on Ambient Assisted Living become not just a policy for the European Parliament, but a new way of helping older people remain active in society for longer, |
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| Strasbourg News |
18/03/2008 |
| In the week the European Parliament turned 50, the headlines from Strasbourg are – my elderly report voted through, flood funding for West Midlands approved, Gordon Brown meets European Socialists in Brussels and much more besides |
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| Euro MP leads fight to save Tigers |
20/02/2008 |
| In the run up to the Beijing Olympics the focus of the international |
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| Neena makes a series of videos about her work |
25/01/2008 |
| Number 1, European Parliament Work |
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| Ambient Assisted Living |
25/01/2008 |
| Neena's report to help the elderly voted unanimously in the European Parliament! |
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| Climate Change |
24/01/2008 |
| Neena raises climate change on European Agenda |
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| Strasbourg Round up |
23/11/2007 |
| News from the European Parliament session in Strasbourg |
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| Cut AIDS - Cut VAT on Condoms! |
13/11/2007 |
| Neena Gill MEP has signed up to the Socialist Campaign to encourage all EU member states to cut tax on condoms. |
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| Strasbourg Roundup |
26/10/2007 |
| Latest news from Neena Gill MEP from this month's Strasbourg session. |
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| Strasbourg Roundup |
28/09/2007 |
| The second Strasbourg session of September and a report from Labour Party Conference |
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| Strasbourg Roundup |
06/09/2007 |
| Strasbourg Parliament's first session of September |
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| EU flood application |
03/09/2007 |
| Neena Gill MEP urges EU to bring forward flood funding |
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