http://dianawallis.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Diana Wallis MEP en-GB Diana Wallis MEP http://dianawallis.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Diana Wallis MEP 2010-03-17T04:58+00:00 United Kingdom http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000786/israeli_decision_on_the_ibrahimi_mosque_shows_an_apparent_disregard_for_the_peace_process__diana_wallis_mep.html Last Saturday, 13 March 2010, Diana Wallis MEP, Vice President of the European Parliament, visited Hebron on the Palestinian West Bank, at the invitation of the Mayor, Khalid Osailly. During the visit she saw the new recently opened sports stadium, the building work at the new sports centre and met with women's organisations. 2010-03-16T21:11+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000785/diana_welcomes_fellow_yorkshire_euro_mp_to_the_liberal_democrats.html Diana Wallis, the Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber since 1999, has welcomed the news that her parliamentary colleague and ex-Tory MEP, Edward McMillan-Scott, has joined the Liberal Democrats. 2010-03-13T13:32+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000784/eu_and_the_arctic_debate.html Speaking in the plenary debate on EU policy in the Arctic in the European Parliament on Wednesday Diana Wallis, the Vice President responsible for Arctic matters, said that 'an inner core of states in the Arctic could seriously undermine a very precious cooperation in the region'. She also stated the importance of the Northern Dimension as a basis for multilateral cooperation in the Arctic. 2010-03-12T10:14+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000783/diana_welcomes_cut_to_red_tape_on_britains_small_businesses.html Local Euro MP Diana Wallis MEP, the Liberal Democrat Spokeswoman on Legal Affairs, has welcomed today's European Parliament vote in favour of exempting struggling small businesses from producing onerous annual accounts. 2010-03-10T16:03+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000782/diana_raises_endometriosis_on_international_womens_day_in_a_speech_to_the_european_parliament.html To coincide with International Women's day (8th March) and the start of Endometriosis Awareness Week across Europe, Diana Wallis MEP raised the issue of Endometriosis in a speech to the European Parliament. In the speech she called for the debilitating illness to be taken more seriously. 2010-03-09T10:00+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000779/icelanders_no_is_not_their_last_word.html Responding to the resounding 'No' vote Icelanders delivered in the referendum on the proposed deal to repay Britain and the Netherlands outstanding debts from the failed Icelandic bank Icesave, European Parliament Vice President Diana Wallis MEP said: 2010-03-07T08:36+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000781/the_violence_of_poverty__the_cost_of_human_trafficking.html The Impressions Gallery in Bradford in collaboration with Autograph ABP presented a special evening of film screening and talks to support their exhibition 'not Natasha', under the title: 'The Violence of Poverty - The cost of human trafficking' 2010-03-05T13:00+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000780/diana_gives_keynote_speech_at_asda_conference.html Diana gave a keynote speech at an ASDA suppliers conference in Morley on Thursday. The conference, held annually, was attended by around 450 suppliers from the UK and from ASDA's production sites around the world including China, India and Europe. 2010-03-05T12:00+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000778/local_lib_dem_euro_mp_expresses_delight_at_yorkshire_rhubarb_decision.html The Liberal Democrat Euro MP for Yorkshire and the Humber, Diana Wallis, has said she is 'absolutely delighted' that traditionally grown Indoor Yorkshire rhubarb has received Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status from the European Commission. 2010-02-26T10:18+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000777/commission_and_parliament_move_closer_on_achieving_a_single_register_for_lobbyists.html Diana Wallis, the MEP responsible for transparency, says there is a good possibility of achieving a single register between the EP and the Commission for Brussels-based lobbyists. 2010-02-24T14:23+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000776/iceland_and_the_eu.html Commenting on the European Commission opinion on Iceland's bid to join the EU published today, Diana Wallis MEP, the European Parliament Vice President responsible for Arctic and the Nordic region, said in Brussels today: 2010-02-24T14:19+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000775/diana_visits_iceland.html Diana Wallis MEP made a flying visit to Iceland at the end of last week. As part of her responsibilities as a Vice President of the European Parliament, she had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Iceland, Mrs. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, and the Foreign Minister, Ossur Skarphedinsson, before delivering a lecture at the University of Iceland 'Icesave, Iceland and the EU: whose debt is it anyway?'. 2010-02-22T12:44+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000774/greenlandic_parliamentarians_meet_diana_in_brussels.html Diana met with members of the Greenland Parliament's Committee for Foreign and Security matters during their visit to Brussels recently. They spoke about Arctic cooperation in light of the European Parliament's vote to ban the trade in seal products last year and the publication of the European Commission's Arctic policy. 2010-02-12T17:20+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000773/desperately_needed_improvement_of_awareness_of_europewide_emergency_number.html Awareness of '112' the Europe-wide emergency number remains low and there is a desperate need for improvement says local Lib Dem Euro MP Diana Wallis. 2010-02-11T09:00+00:00 http://dianawallis.org.uk/news/000772/terry_judgement_shows_that_there_is_absolutely_no_bias_in_favour_of_individual_privacy.html Last week in Brussels the European Parliament held a hearing on the problem of libel tourism. The problem arises because of an apparent gap as to the appropriate court and the applicable law to be applied to cross border libel cases; a gap which appears to have caused some claimants to make a bee-line for the UK courts where apparently high levels of damages are on offer. The UK press has become increasingly vocal on this issue claiming it is having a chilling effect on British media. 2010-02-05T13:25+00:00