http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Sarah Ludford MEP en-GB Sarah Ludford MEP http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2009 Sarah Ludford MEP 2009-07-04T03:08+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001228/swedish_presidency_should_pressure_obama_on_hiv_travel.html After a long campaign last summer US president Bush signed a law that promised to remove the ban on non-US citizens living with HIV travelling to the US. The arrangements put in place however only allow for a temporary visa of 30 days to be issued under the condition that the HIV positive person's activities while in the US do not present a risk to public health. 2009-06-11T15:56+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001227/european_arrest_warrant_does_not_overrule_human_rights.html London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford is backing the fight of Andrew Symeou from Enfield in north London not to be extradited to Greece under a European Arrest Warrant, on the grounds that well-documented police misconduct exposes him to unfair treatment. 2009-06-02T15:07+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001226/sarah_highlights_poor_air_quality_in_london.html Sarah is working strongly with Lib Dem London Assembly Member Mike Tuffrey to improve the poor air quality in London. They are pictured campaigning with Lynne Featherstone, Lib Dem MP for Hornsey and Wood Green. 2009-06-02T10:40+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001225/sarah_campaigns_for_one_hour_bus_ticket.html Sarah joined Caroline Pidgeon and local Lib Dem activists in Camden to collect signatures in support of the One Hour Bus Ticket campaign. The petition is challenges Mayor Boris Johnson to introduce a ticket which enables unlimited bus travel in the capital for an hour, a scheme very similar to those running in European cities such as Paris, Rome and Brussels. You can sign the petition online here: http://www.ourcampaign.org.uk/1hourbusticket 2009-06-01T13:44+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001224/tory_plans_would_keep_london_criminals_on_the_loose.html Some of London's most dangerous criminals would have walked free under Conservative policy on Europe, according to research by the Liberal Democrats. 2009-05-20T12:25+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001223/government_refuses_eu_money_for_london_jobs.html The government has prevented the creation of hundreds of jobs in London. It has refused to allow English regions including the capital to apply for a windfall £630m of EU regional funding. 2009-05-18T11:07+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001222/london_liberal_democrats_buoyant_as_eurocampaign_launches.html The Liberal Democrats have launched their 'Stronger together, poorer apart' national campaign for the European Parliament elections on June 4th. Liberal Democrat party leader Nick Clegg MP and deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat MEPs, London MEP Sarah Ludford, outlined the party's main campaigning priorities. 2009-05-12T16:05+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001221/meps_back_plan_to_help_stop_seal_cruelty.html After a vigorous debate, a ban on EU imports of seal products has been overwhelmingly backed by MEPs in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The EU ban will hit Denmark and Italy most strongly, but is not expected to have major economic consequences. 2009-05-08T17:01+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001220/eu_needs_a_common_european_asylum_policy.html The European Parliament has approved a package of new measures to get better coordination of EU countries' policies on dealing with asylum-seekers. This covers reception conditions, legal assistance, the management of asylum applications and the use of detention. There is more clarity about which country must take responsibility in dealing with asylum claims and a new European Asylum Support Office is set up to help Member States deal with claims. 2009-05-08T16:46+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001219/tories_reject_european_energy_efficiency_move.html Tory MEPs in the European Parliament have given their support to a confusing new label for refrigerators. Because of their support, the label might now be introduced despite opposition from consumer and energy saving groups across Europe, including Which? and the Energy Saving Trust in the UK. 2009-05-08T15:32+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001218/europeans_need_crossborder_safety_and_human_rights.html The European Parliament has called for greater emphasis in future EU cooperation on criminal justice on practical measures to secure respect for suspects' and victims' rights, and on training of judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers, as well as effective cross-border liaison for prosecution and conviction of serious criminals. 2009-05-07T14:09+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001217/freedom_and_safety_for_telecoms_and_internet_users_essential.html The European Parliament has voted on a package of measures updating current EU legislation on the regulation of telecommunications and the internet. 2009-05-06T16:49+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001216/meps_update_law_on_animal_testing.html The European Parliament has voted by a large majority to approve a new EU law on animal testing for scientific and medical research, which attracted considerable attention both from those concerned with animal welfare and from those concerned about the viability and competitiveness of research in Europe. The EU has already some years ago banned all animal tests for production of cosmetics, but 12 million animals a year, mainly mice and rats but including nearly 12,000 apes and monkeys, are used every year in Europe for scientific research. 2009-05-05T14:15+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001215/sarah_joins_modem_meeting_in_london_with_francois_bayrou_and_nick_clegg.html Sarah spoke with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg MP at a Q&A session held with members of the French party allied to the Liberal Democrats, the Mouvement Democrate (MoDem), including its leader Francois Bayrou and MoDem MEP for the Ile-de-France region Marielle de Sarnez, with whom Sarah sits in the ALDE (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats) group in the European Parliament. Other MoDem MEPs present were Jean-Marie Beaupuy and Nathalie Griesbeck. Sarah's fellow London Lib Dem Euro-candidate Dinti Batstone, who has done a lot of work with the Modem London group, also joined them. 2009-05-01T15:19+01:00 http://www.sarahludford.libdems.org.uk/news/001214/european_court_judgement_on_property_in_north_cyprus.html The EU's highest court, the European Court of Justice, has ruled in the Orams/Apostolides case, that British couple Linda and David Orams are open to UK court action to seize their assets here if they do not demolish the house they built in north Cyprus and pay compensation to Greek Cypriot owner Mr Apostolides as the Republic of Cyprus court ordered five years ago. The Orams claim to have bought the land near Kyrenia in good faith based on deeds issued by the Turkish Cypriot administration in the North. Hundreds of other British 'owners' of property in north Cyprus are potentially affected. 2009-05-01T09:50+01:00