Category Archives: Media Releases

What role for youth in the future?

Rebecca Taylor, Lib Dem MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, last week led a forum on the role of young people in the future of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals after 2015.   The seminar featured an expert panel, including the UN Secretary General’s …

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Yorkshire MEPs welcome cheaper calls abroad

Lib Dem MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, Rebecca Taylor and Edward McMillan-Scott, have welcomed the new caps on mobile phone roaming charges that have come into effect this week.  The new fees will reduce the cost of data roaming …

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Lib Dem MEPs sign up to campaign to improve mobile phone coverage in Yorkshire and Humber

Lib Dem MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, Edward McMillan-Scott and Rebecca Taylor, have backed a campaign to help improve mobile phone coverage in the local area.  The Countryside Alliance is asking people to become ‘phone detectives’ this summer and …

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Letter to the papers: European Arrest Warrant

My colleague, Edward McMillan-Scott, and I have written the following letter to the papers in the region on the issue of the European Arrest Warrant. Dear Sir or Madam, Readers may well be aware of the recent conviction of Jeremy …

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Rebecca Taylor and Chris Davies respond to the MHRA’s decision on e-cigarette regulation

We welcome the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) recognition last week of the role electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) can play in helping people cut down and eventually stop smoking tobacco (1). However, while we acknowledge that it is necessary to tighten …

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Lib Dems launch a million job campaign!

Yorkshire and the Humber’s Lib Dem MEPs, Edward McMillan-Scott and  Rebecca Taylor have welcomed the Liberal Democrat Million Jobs Campaign, which was launched by Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg. Since coming to power more than one …

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EU must extend corporate transparency to all sectors

Large oil, gas, diamond and logging companies will be obliged to disclose full information on all projects where payments to governmental authorities exceed a threshold of 100.000 Euros under new rules adopted by the European Parliament today.  Fiona Hall MEP, leader …

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Lib Dem MEPs press Commission for answers on olive oil regulation

Lib Dem MEPs have demanded an explanation from the European Commission regarding the decision to ban reusable olive oil dishes in restaurants, and will be tabling a series of parliamentary questions to get the bottom of the matter. George Lyon …

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A statement from Rebecca Taylor MEP regarding the amendment made to EU Marketing Standards for olive oil (Commission Regulation 29/2012)

A statement from Rebecca Taylor MEP regarding the amendment made to EU Marketing Standards for olive oil (Commission Regulation 29/2012) that will require, from 1 January 2014, bottles in the catering sector to be non-refillable and non re-sealable. This formed …

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E-cigarettes – Rebecca Taylor MEP stands up for consumers and public health

Lib Dem MEP, Rebecca Taylor, has responded to the call of hundreds of electronic cigarette users to ensure that the new EU tobacco legislation does not make e-cigarettes more difficult to buy than tobacco. Rebecca has joined forces with other …

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