Local Euro MP: ‘EOC report shows waste of talent and ability’
Commenting on the publication of the report from the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) local Euro MP Diana Wallis said, “It is a huge waste of talent and ability that thirty years after the Sex Discrimination Act women are still underrepresented in many areas of public life and business in the UK.”
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MEPs 'gravy train' finally rolls into the buffers
After many years of acrimonious debate about a reform to their salary and expenses regime Members of the European Parliament have finally agreed a proposal which will be taken to the Council for approval. The resolution, agreed today, proposes a single system for the working conditions, pay and expenses of MEPs.
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LIB DEM MEPs SCUPPER MOVE TO ADD PENNY TO COST OF STAMPS
An EU Commission move that could have added at least a penny to the cost of first and second class stamps was scuppered in the European Parliament today thanks to the key votes of Liberal Democrat MEPs, including that of local Lib Dem Euro MP, Diana Wallis.
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Yorkshire & Humber Lib Dem team meets to discuss Europe
Yorkshire and the Humber Lib Dem MEP Diana Wallis recently met up with her fellow European election candidates at the party’s regional conference. At the conference in Wakefield they discussed the value of the European Parliament to people across the region and the effect the Parliament has on peoples’ lives.
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Diana backs launch of compensation guide for UK holidaymakers
With more and more people from Yorkshire and the Humber travelling to the continent, both for work and pleasure, there is an increased likelihood that people will suffer accidents whilst abroad. To this end a book has recently been published, which seeks to aid British holidaymakers if they suffer personal injury whilst in Europe and local MEP Diana Wallis was on hand to support the guide at its launch in Brussels.
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UK has power to ban GM crops
On the day that results of a three-year scientific experiment on the environmental impact of genetically modified crops in the UK are due to be published, Liberal Democrat Euro-MP Diana Wallis has strongly welcomed confirmation from the EU's consumer protection chief that the UK could ban GM crops to protect the environment.
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Rapporteur for 'Rome II'
Diana Wallis MEP was today appointed by the European Parliament's Legal Affairs and Internal Market Committee as Rapporteur on the so-called 'Rome II' proposals to deal with the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (eg. cross-border disputes arising from incidents such as negligence, defamation; where there is no contract between the parties).
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Local Lib Dem Euro MP launches party’s pre-manifesto paper
Local Liberal Democrat Euro MP Diana Wallis today (Tuesday) launched her party’s European pre-manifesto at the Houses of Parliament. The key themes in the document are reforming the European Union to make it more accountable to the public and reducing bureaucracy.
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‘Spammers’ should be jailed says Euro MP
Local Euro MP Diana Wallis says the UK should take a lead from Italy and jail senders of unsolicited junk e-mails. In Italy these ‘spammers’ will now face jail sentences of up to three years.
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Diana Wallis MEP in Wakefield: warns of threat to democracy
Diana Wallis MEP visited Wakefield Friday 22 August. Speaking at a social event for party members and activists in Lupset she said, “there is a real danger that the public’s distrust of Tony Blair over the Iraq War, as the Hutton inquiry unravels, translates into a cynicism of politics and politicians in general. This is dangerous for democracy as it leaves a vacuum filled by parties and individuals peddling simplistic and populist answers.”
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Regional Assemblies could bring "massive benefits"
Voters in three regions of northern England will have the opportunity to vote for greater control and massive local benefits when they decide next year whether to elect regional parliaments according to Diana Wallis, MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Euro decision: "Total failure of political leadership"
Commenting on the Government's decision to delay a referendum on the Euro, Diana Wallis MEP said in Brussels, "The real reason we are not ready for a referendum on the Euro has more to do with a total failure of political leadership on Europe by the Government rather than any failure on economic tests."
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Diana Wallis MEP backs ‘polluter pays’ principle
EU-wide laws aimed at upholding the principle that the ‘polluter pays’ for environmental damage were advanced today when Euro-MPs gave them support in a series of knife-edge votes. The 'polluter pays' principle would be put into practice through common EU rules making businesses financially liable for any damage they cause.
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Liberal Democrat MEP reselected top of the list
Diana Wallis, the sitting Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber, has been selected by party members to lead her party's list in next year's European Parliamentary elections.
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Bringing Power to the People
A Forum in York on Saturday, organised by local Liberal Democrat Euro MP, Diana Wallis and the European Institute for Referendums and Initiatives, heard how people might be encouraged to play a more active part in politics.
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Euro MP in Malta debate
Liberal Democrat Euro MP, Diana Wallis, is speaking in Malta as that country is in the grip of a referendum campaign on EU membership.
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Action by British forces in Iraq - online poll
President Bush is marching his troops up to the top of the hill, with British forces in support. It is difficult to see how he can march them down again without Saddam Hussein claiming victory, which would be unacceptable to the White House.
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Diana backs launch of compensation guide for UK holidaymakers
With more and more people from Yorkshire and the Humber travelling to the continent, both for work and pleasure, there is an increased likelihood that people will suffer accidents whilst abroad. To this end a book has recently been published, which seeks to aid British holidaymakers if they suffer personal injury whilst in Europe and local MEP Diana Wallis was on hand to support the guide at its launch in Brussels.
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