Speaking after yesterday’s emergency meeting of EU ministers on the horsemeat scandal, Glenis Willmott, Leader of Labour MEPs and spokesperson for the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament on food labelling, said:

“Owen Paterson is now saying that …

The illegal horse-meat found in burgers, lasagnes and spaghetti Bolognese, without any labelling, shows that there are loopholes in the EU legislation and in the food traceability chain, according to Labour’s Public Health spokesperson Glenis Willmott.

She has called for the …

MEPs yesterday voted in support of far-reaching reforms to end over-fishing and help preserve our fish stocks, and the fishing industry, for future generations.

The reforms adopted in Strasbourg aim to restore fish stocks to sustainable levels, and will also …

“Too many results from clinical trials are misleading, biased or missing,” according to Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s health spokesperson in Europe and Leader of Labour MEPs.  “It is time that all pharmaceutical companies and researchers made the full results of …

Nottingham South MP, Lillian Greenwood, and East Midlands MEP, Glenis Willmott, enjoyed an insight into the benefits of buying Fairtrade when they visited The Co-operative Food in Wollaton on Friday (25 January).

The politicians met the Trowell Road store’s manager, …

An East Midlands Euro MP will visit a local hospital next week as part of her work drawing up new European laws on clinical trials.

GlenisWillmott will visit the Leicester Royal Infirmary from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm on Monday …

An East Midlands MEP has slammed Conservatives for their failure to vote for new laws to regulate credit rating agencies.

The European Parliament voted this week for new laws on credit rating agencies (CRAs) as a move towards creating greater …

Plans for “youth guarantee” schemes to ensure that all young people get a job, education or internship offer after four months’ unemployment, were agreed in the European Parliament today.

In Strasbourg, MEPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of new plans to …

Glenis Willmott MEP condemns Remploy redundancies three weeks before Christmas.

An East Midlands MEP has condemned last week’s Government announcement of further closures of Remploy factories, which employs disabled workers, saying that existing EU procurement law could have been used …

“I’m very proud to sign the TUC’s Charter for a Future That Works,” said Glenis Willmott, Euro MP for the East Midlands.

“If the government doesn’t do something urgently to stop youth unemployment from spreading, then generations of young people here in the region …