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Ivory trade must stay illegal

Tue 26th Jan 2010

Lib Dem Euro MP Catherine Bearder has spoken out against calls from two African countries to temporarily legalise the ivory trade. Tanzania and Zambia have asked for a special allowance to sell their current stocks of ivory at a meeting that controls endangered species trade (CITES) next March.

Elephants

Workers should be entitled to protection from their employer

Sun 24th Jan 2010

Commenting on the news that church leaders have warned new equality laws would force them to work against their faith Liberal Democrat Equality spokesman, and local MP, Dr Evan Harris said:

Dr Evan Harris MP speaking the Commons

Children's rights are human rights, says Bearder

Thu 21st Jan 2010

Lib Dem Euro MP Catherine Bearder today supported calls for greater protection of children from violence.

Violence Against Children

Giving hope back to young people

Thu 21st Jan 2010

Do you know a young man or woman who has recently left college or university and finds they can't get a job?

Graphic: Nick Clegg with young people

Comprehensive care for trafficked children

Wed 20th Jan 2010

Catherine Bearder, Lib Dem Euro MP for South East England, has urged the European Commission and Member States to ensure trafficked children are given comprehensive and specialist support.

CB

South East MEP Sharon Bowles welcomes EU's aid pledge of €137 million to Haiti

Tue 19th Jan 2010

Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles, who chairs the European Parliament's powerful Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, has welcomed the EU's pledge of €137 million in aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

EU & Haiti

Anglers on the Oxford canal should ignore signs saying that angling has been banned

Thu 14th Jan 2010

Liberal Democrat councillors on Oxfordshire County Council have obtained formal confirmation from the council, supported by the Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and British Waterways, that there is no good reason why anglers should not continue to use the Kidlington to Oxford stretch of the canal. Recently, small laminated signs have appeared on posts and trees alongside the canal stating that "due to recent cases of Weil's disease ... angling is currently not permitted ..."

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Quotes of the Week

"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg."

Lord Norman Tebbit

Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan

"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do."

Vince Cable MP

Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan