Liberal democrat Members of the European Parliament


Chris Davies Andrew Duff Sharon Bowles Sarah Ludford Liz Lynne Bill Newton Dunn Emma Nicholson Fiona Hall Diana Wallis Elspeth Attwooll Graham Watson Foreign Affairs and Human Rights International Trade and Development Economic and Budgetary Affairs Employment and Social Affairs Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Industry, Research and Energy Internal Market and Consumer Protection Transport and Tourism Agriculture and Fisheries Culture and Education Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Constitutional and Legal Affairs

European Parliament backs Attwooll Fisheries report
Elspeth Attwooll, 10 April 2008
The European Parliament today gave its overwhelming backing to a Report by Elspeth Attwooll MEP looking at the use of rights-based management tools in fisheries. Commenting after the vote, the Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland said: "I am delighted that the Parliament has given its backing. It's really important that we understand the various fisheries management systems in operation and the particular effects that they have. The present discussion centres on whether there is any one system of management that best fulfils the objectives of the CFP. But I am very cautious about the idea of moving to a single system given the complexity of all the issues and the many different types of fishery involved.

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Euopean Parliament Fisheries Committee approves Elspeth Attwooll's report
Elspeth Attwooll, 28 February 2008
Elspeth, Vice-Chair of the Committee, said: "I am delighted that the Report has been so overwhelmingly approved. It shows that the Committee recognises the need for reform of current management policy and considers debate on rights-based management tools as an important contribution in this regard.

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Parliament calls for incentives to end wasteful discard of fish by-catches
Elspeth Attwooll, 31 January 2008
Responding to a report in the European Parliament today calling for the eventual elimination of fish discards, Elspeth ATTWOOLL MEP (UK, Lib Dem), ALDE Fisheries Spokesperson, underlined that a great deal still remains to be done across the EU as a whole, although some fishing communities have begun to lead by example.

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Partial EU ban on brazilian beef welcome
Liz Lynne, 19 december 2007
Liz Lynne MEP, Liberal Democrat Agriculture Spokesperson for England and Wales in the European Parliament, has welcomed today's announcement by the European Commission of a large scale reduction in the number of farms in Brazil that are approved to export beef to the European Union.
The partial ban follows concerns over lax standards, instances of foot and mouth disease and a lack of traceability of livestock in many areas of Brazil.
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