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West mids vsit to European parliament ends in protest
Press release, Liz Lynne, 7 May 2008
Today was the day when local LibDem Euro-MP Liz Lynne was supposed to welcome a delegation from the Sikh Federation in the West Midlands to the European Parliament, but it finished as a protest outside the building when, for the third year running, delegates were not allowed to enter. This was supposedly because some were wearing the kirpan (a Sikh ceremonial dagger), but delegates not wearing it were also denied entrance to Parliament.
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Euro donor card would help organ shortage
Liz Lynne, 22 April 2008
Organ trafficking and the chronic shortage of organs legally available for transplant operations are two issues addressed in a report to be adopted by the European Parliament later today. The vote is expected to show a majority of MEPs are in favour of new legislation on organ donation, including an EU-wide donor card system, accompanied by a 24-hour transplant hotline, which it is hoped would alleviate organ shortages.
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Liberal democrat MEP launches EU anti-discrimination petition
Liz Lynne, 17 April 2008
Current EU anti-discrimination laws outlaw discrimination in the workplace on all grounds but only provide protection against discrimination in access to goods and services on the basis of gender and race while disability, age, sexual orientation and religion are excluded.
The MEP is seeking support from people and organisations across Europe to put pressure on the EU Commission and Member States to bring forward a horizontal directive, after it emerged that some Member States have expressed strong objections to the proposal.
Liz Lynne’s report adopted last week by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee .
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Brown isolated as EU ministers negotiate Temp agency and working time rules
Press release, Liz Lynne, 4 december 2007
EU Employment Ministers will tomorrow meet in Brussels to review Portuguese proposals aimed at solving the longstanding stalemate over controversial EU legislation on Working Time and a proposed directive to regulate Temporary Worker Agencies.
Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne, Vice President of the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee and shadow rapporteur for both directives for the Liberal Group in the European Parliament, commented today ahead of the summit:
"This will be a nail biting time for Gordon Brown - he has sought to keep the European Union out of the headlines, but ..."
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UK still lagging behind on age discrimination at work
Press release, Liz Lynne, 13 november 2007
Despite a seven-year old directive outlaw equal treatment in the work place, many European countries including the UK are badly behind in implementing measures to ensure everyone has an equal chance of success at work and in finding work.
That was the conclusion at the European Parliament’s Intergoup on Ageing annual review of the Employment Directive, where a resolution was adopted to this effect today in Strasbourg. The review was chaired by Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne, Vice President of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, who worked to ensure that age was included in the EU "Employment" ...
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Sign up to campaign for a decent life
Press release, Liz Lynne, 6 november 2007
Liz Lynne, local Liberal Democrat MEP, Vice President of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee and rapporteur of a recent European Parliamentary report on social protection and social inclusion, has signed up to this call for action and is urging others to do the same.
Liz Lynne said:
"I warmly welcome this initiative as it calls for many things that ought to be fundamental rights for all including the right to decent work, social security and pensions, human rights, the right to form and join trade unions or not and the protection of migrant workers."
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