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                           <title><![CDATA[Back to Brussels for Glenis]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not just the schools which go back next week. East Midlands MEP Glenis Willmott will take the eurostar on bank holiday Monday to return to Brussels for the new session of the European Parliament.  Members of the European Parliament have meetings in Brussels with a full plenary session in Strasbourg the following week. Glenis, Leader of Labour&rsquo;s MEPs, explained. &ldquo;The European Parliamentary recess normally ends around the August bank holiday, which actually isn&rsquo;t a public holiday in the rest of Europe.&rdquo; &ldquo;MEPs will be dealing with a host of issues in the next couple of weeks. For example...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:25:32</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Traffic Light fight goes on]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott MEP has pledged that her battle for clearer labelling on the food we buy will go ahead &ndash; despite losing a key European vote on &ldquo;traffic light&rdquo; labeling last month &ndash; and is urging supporters to sign up on her website Glenis, Labour&rsquo;s spokesperson in the European Parliament on food labelling said. &ldquo;40,000 people are dying each year in Britain alone, because of high levels of salt and fat in their diets. We cannot let this continue.&rdquo; Glenis has promised supporters from the British Heart Foundation, Which? and other campaigning groups that &ndash; however long it takes &ndash;...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:45:56</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Business boost before bank bonuses ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott has called for banks to boost lending to businesses in the Region, following a vote for new rules to crack down on bankers' bonuses. Glenis, the Leader of Labour&rsquo;s MEPs, said: "Companies across the East Midlands continue to struggle to access credit which is needed to keep their business and even to expand. However, last year British banks paid themselves in bonuses an extra &pound;10b! This is money which could have been used in our real economy.&rdquo; MEPs in Strasbourg last week backed Labour's proposals to change the way bankers' bonuses are paid. The new rules will include...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:30:05</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Improved deal for the disabled among new rights for passengers]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott has welcomed a better deal for the disabled &ndash; part of a whole new package of improvements in the rights of passengers traveling on boats, buses and coaches. Glenis and other Labour MEPs have backed proposals in Strasbourg this week which will give disabled passengers, and those with reduced mobility, important rights in terms of access to public transport services and the right to free assistance. No longer can disability be a reason for denying passengers the right to board, something MEPs have fought long and hard for. Glenis explained. &ldquo;The rights being proposed are similar to those...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:48:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour MEPs call for inquiry to solve Spanish property problems ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour MEPs have called on the Spanish government to establish a new committee of inquiry to deal with property problems that have seen thousands of people facing the prospect of losing their home. Addressing the Spanish Prime Minister in the European Parliament today (Tuesday 6 July), Glenis Willmott, the leader of the British Labour MEPs, said that discussions with colleagues from the ruling Spanish socialist party had resulted in the idea of a committee of inquiry to help those affected to seek redress. Prime Minister Zapatero has now committed to continue the work with groups in the European Parliament to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:58:10</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Glenis backs Ed Miliband for Labour Leader]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Ed Miliband's campaign for leader of the Labour Party received a big boost today with the public endorsement of Labour's leader in the European Parliament Glenis Willmott MEP. Glenis, whose constituency covers the whole of the East Midlands, is an influential voice in Labour politics. She has a place on Labour's ruling National Executive Committee body and was a former officer of the GMB union. Endorsing Ed Miliband's campaign for leader, Glenis Willmott said: "I am absolutely convinced that Ed Miliband will be an outstanding Leader of our Party and an exceptional Prime Minister.&rdquo; &ldquo;Ed not only has the unquestionable...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:24:37</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Cheaper mobile phone costs start today]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[New rules cutting the cost of mobile phone internet connections will come into force today (Thursday 1st July). Anyone using their mobile phone in another EU country will benefit. Glenis Willmott, Labour&rsquo;s Leader in the European Parliament, said. &ldquo;Mobile phone costs for holiday makers will be cheaper this year because of action taken in the European Parliament.&rdquo; &ldquo;The mobile phone bosses were given plenty of chances to bring down the costs of using mobiles abroad and chose not to do so. So the EU has taken action on every aspect &ndash; calling, texting and now data roaming - to bring...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:02:22</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[A dozen eggs? Still no law against it]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott MEP has acted swiftly to re-assure constituents in the East Midlands that they will be able to continue to buy eggs by the dozen, contrary to reports in many of today&rsquo;s national newspapers. She said. &ldquo;Many people will have read stories in the papers today claiming a likely European ban on the selling of eggs by the dozen, fish fingers in packs of ten, or six breads rolls.  "The story is simply untrue. There is absolutely nothing in the new rules agreed by the European Parliament last week that would prevent producers from selling their products by...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:33:09</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Action needed against torture trade]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Action is needed urgently to stop a horrific trade in torture instruments, says Glenis Willmott MEP. Glenis and other Labour MEPs have supported a call for the European Commission to come down hard on countries which are failing to abide by EU rules designed to stop the trade in instruments of torture. In a report approved by the European Parliament last week, Euro-MPs hit out at a failure of some EU governments to prevent companies from exporting equipment that can be used for torture or other inhumane or degrading treatment. The report comes following a dossier published by Amnesty International...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:04:41</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lost in translation - making EU trials fairer]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour MEPs will be voting today (16 June) to approve new legal standards which will ensure fairer trials for people facing criminal charges in another EU country. Glenis Willmott, Labour&rsquo;s Leader in the European Parliament, explained that the new rules are designed to ensure that people cannot face criminal proceedings elsewhere in the EU without having access to an interpreter and translations of the key documents in the case, so that they are fully able to understand proceedings both inside and outside the courtroom. Once in force, the rules will apply in cases in which British citizens face criminal proceedings...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:09:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Welcome for Euro ruling on mobile phones]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott has welcomed a decision to keep the cost of using mobile phones abroad to reasonable limits. On Tuesday, the European Court in Luxembourg threw out an attempt by some mobile phone operators to challenge the existing cap on costs.  Glenis Willmott, Leader of Labour&rsquo;s MEPs, said the Court judgment was good news for mobile phone users. "The decision this week shows that we were right to take action against the over-the-top charges made by mobile phone operators on people using their phone in another EU country.&rdquo; &ldquo;These large multi-nationals now need to show they will charge fair,...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:50:33</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Brussels battle over ready meal rules]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott and fellow Labour Members of the European Parliament are in a last ditch effort to prevent a PR push by food industry lobbyists from stopping shoppers from getting honest, upfront information about their food. Next Wednesday MEPs are set to vote on food labelling rules, including the question of whether "traffic light labels" should be used on the front of packs for ready meals, processed convenience foods and many soft drinks. If successful it would mean that these foods would need to show a sequence of red, amber or green indications so that people can quickly see how...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:59:04</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Ending car repairs rip-off]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[New rules from Europe will put the customer in the driving seat, giving them greater choice and a better deal when they get their car repaired, according to a local Labour politician. Welcoming the changes which came into force at the beginning of June, East Midlands MEP Glenis Willmott said: &ldquo;The long history of car manufacturers tying customers into unfair deals is over. Anti-competitive warranties and servicing arrangements should be things of the past.&rdquo; &ldquo;These new rules will open up the market for repair and maintenance by improving access to technical information needed for the repairs, and making it easier...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:01:35</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Glenis to host major conference]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott is to host a major conference in Brussels looking at supermarket supply chains and conditions experienced by workers in developing countries who supply goods to them. The conference will discuss the results of research from Consumers International (which includes Which! amongst its members) looking at the policies of leading European supermarkets towards the producers of the food they sell. Glenis, who is leader of the Labour Group of MEPs, said. &ldquo;Supermarkets dominate the grocery market in Europe. They are the link between us as customers and the producers, many of them in the developing world. Supermarket policies and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:17:43</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Ministers should act now to boost access to life-saving organ transplants]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott MEP has today called on EU governments to act quickly to agree new rules to boost access to life-saving organ transplants. The call comes after the European Parliament voted on a package of standards to help improve the safety and quality of organs donated across the EU. By establishing these guarantees, the proposed rules should help boost access to a larger pool of organ donations. This would particularly help people looking for a rare match, enabling them to be paired with a donor from another EU country. The EU directive was backed by the European Parliament yesterday (Wednesday)...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 01:50:20</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Real test of coalition's EU policy still to come]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Responding to the European policy section of the coalition agreement released yesterday by the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats, Glenis Willmott, MEP for the East Midlands and Labour&rsquo;s leader in the European Parliament, said: &ldquo;While it is interesting to see how the two parties are looking to get over some of the starkest differences in policy, this document hardly scratches the surface. &ldquo;The real tests won&rsquo;t come on issues like whether Britain should join the euro &ndash; nobody is expecting that to be under serious discussion in the coming years. &ldquo;The challenges will come from the detail of negotiations...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 04:03:28</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Robin Hood takes his message to local MEP]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Campaigners for a new Robin Hood tax have made their case to East Midlands Labour MEP Glenis Willmott in Brussels this week. Charities including Oxfam and Friends of the Earth are calling for the tax, which would place a levy on the international operations of big banks. Labour MEPs have backed the idea of a small charge, something which is currently being discussed by world leaders.   Glenis with Robin Hood tax campaigners from Oxfam outside the European Parliament (photo European Parliament)  The idea is for the money raised to be used to support public services and to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:14:31</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Wonky veg still on menu]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Curvy cucumbers and knobbly carrots are here to stay!&rdquo; That's the word from Glenis Willmott, who leads Labour&rsquo;s Euro MPs in Brussels, confirming that attempts to bring back European rules on the size and shape of fruit and vegetables won't succeed. The East Midlands MEP and her Labour colleagues will vote tomorrow (Thursday) against a motion calling for the standards to be put back on the European agenda, but Glenis says that, however the vote goes, the old rules won&rsquo;t be coming back in a hurry. She explained: "The European Commission abolished these regulations last year and has made it...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:03:56</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[New hope on organ transplants]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Thousands of people waiting for organ transplants could benefit from new European rules, according to a local Euro MP. Glenis has welcomed plans for a European Union system for organ donations and transplants, agreed in Brussels last week.  She explained: &ldquo;The planned rules would mean that there would be one simple and safe system for all 27 Member States of the EU, offering hope to the 56,000 European citizens on waiting lists for transplants.&rdquo; &ldquo;This would be especially beneficial for those patients who are waiting for a rare match, who could be paired up with a donor from elsewhere...]]></description>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Action on foreign meat ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A key European Parliament committee has voted in favour of action, put forward by East Midlands MEP Glenis Willmott, to stop meat from abroad being presented as British. In a vote yesterday (Tuesday) on EU-wide food labelling laws, the Parliament's Public Health Committee supported a mandatory requirement for companies to tell consumers where the animals used to make their meat products were reared. At present the processing of a food in the UK can allow companies to label it as British, even though the meat could have come from an animal that was reared and slaughtered abroad. It means that...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:22:42</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[£1000 cut in red tape for small firms ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A new law, supported by Labour Euro MPs, will help small firms across the East Midlands to beat the recession with a &pound;1,000 cut in red tape. Glenis Willmott, Labour&rsquo;s Leader in the European Parliament, explained that they were determined to help small firms - struggling to overcome the present economic crisis - by cutting red tape. Following the European Parliament&rsquo;s vote to exempt very small firms from EU law on accounting standards, she added. &ldquo;This exemption from European law means that very small firms, for example, those with less than 10 employees and a small turnover, could save an...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:46:23</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Consumers should act now on new mobile phone rights]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local Euro MP Glenis Willmott is calling on people in the East Midlands to take control of their mobile phone bill after new EU rules came into force last week. Glenis explained. &ldquo;Consumers now have additional rights to control how much they spend on accessing the internet with their mobile when travelling in other EU countries. This will help them avoid the shock of a massive bill when they return from trips abroad.&rdquo; &ldquo;The rules will benefit both holiday makers and business people who use mobile devices to access their email or websites.&rdquo; The cost of downloading data over mobile...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:02:25</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Bring alcohol under new labelling rules]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Alcohol must be included in new European rules on food &amp; drink labelling, says Glenis. She is prepared to take on both the multi-national drinks companies and the European Commission to ensure that consumers can see what they are buying. Glenis, Labour&rsquo;s Public Health spokesperson in the European Parliament, has put down a number of amendments to the new proposals on labelling, and argues that alcoholic products must show both the number of calories and the ingredients on the bottle or can. She said. &ldquo;The original proposals from the European Commission exclude alcohol from any additional labelling at present, and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:04:40</pubDate>
                           
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                           <description><![CDATA[Labour&rsquo;s Euro MP for the East Midlands has said she will continue to push the European Parliament&rsquo;s authorities to answer crucial questions about its budget. Glenis Willmott, Labour's Leader in the European Parliament, has today written to the President of the Parliament to express her concerns after a vote which approved additional staffing for the institution. Labour MEPs say that the parliamentary authorities have failed to explain where the additional funding needed for the posts will come from. Speaking immediately after the vote Glenis Willmott said: "It's outrageous that the parliament has agreed to these changes without first securing the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:43:28</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Challenge on breast cancer]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Slow, inconsistent and unacceptable&rdquo; is how a local politician has described Europe&rsquo;s response to the biggest threat faced by women today. East Midlands Euro MP Glenis Willmott explained. &ldquo;Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women aged 35-59, with almost 90,000 European women dying of the disease each year.&rdquo; &ldquo;We can prevent so many of these deaths, and I have put my name to a Written Declaration in the European Parliament calling on the European Commission and member state governments to do more.&rdquo; &ldquo;A wide range of measures were agreed by the European Parliament in its resolutions of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:53:44</pubDate>
                           
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                           <description><![CDATA[Polar bears, elephants and Bluefin tuna, along with lesser known creatures such as the Red-eyed Tree frog, could benefit from a vote this week in the European Parliament. Glenis Willmott, Labour MEP for the East Midlands, will be backing moves to provide greater protection for a number of endangered species. The European Parliament will be voting to support a ban on international trade in endangered animals or their products, such as blue fin tuna and polar bears, and to maintain the existing ban on trade in African elephants. Glenis said. &ldquo;Decisions on the future of a variety of plants and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:20:04</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[European politicians to hear consumer view ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott is inviting MEPs from across the continent and from all political parties to hear more about the benefits of clear, understandable food labelling. Glenis is the host for an event to be held this week in Brussels which will feature representatives from European consumer and public health groups, as well as food producers and retailers. Glenis explained. &ldquo;The European Commission&rsquo;s proposals on food information are scheduled for considerable debate over the coming months with the first reading due to take place before the summer.&rdquo; &ldquo;As the MEP in my political group who is responsible for this new legislation,...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:51:18</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Euro MPs act to end a million needle-stick accidents a year]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott has welcomed an agreement between health bosses and trades unions. The agreement, approved by MEPs this week in Brussels, is aimed at reducing the alarming rate of needle-stick accidents in hospitals and other institutions.  The Labour MEP for the East Midlands explained that a report presented to the all-party Employment and Social Affairs Committee in the European Parliament estimates that there are up to a million such accidents across the European Union every year. She said. "These accidents can be life threatening, bringing risks of infecting people with viruses such as hepatitis B or C or HIV....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:25:37</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Euro bosses back Glenis campaign for disabled travellers ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott has received support from top European decision makers in her campaign for better information for disabled airline passengers, specifically those with a lung condition. In response to a Written Parliamentary Question from Glenis, the European Commissioner for Transport has confirmed that airlines must give accurate information about the availability and the cost of supplementary oxygen on flights. Glenis explained. &ldquo;It had been brought to my attention by the British Lung Foundation that certain airlines did not display clear information on their website, while some even refused to provide an estimated cost of the oxygen until a reservation had...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:08:07</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Glenis wins Award for Cancer Work]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott has received recognition for her work in helping to raise awareness of cervical cancer. She has been awarded one of the Pearl of Wisdom Awards given by the European Cervical Cancer Association, for her work, in particular as one of the Co-Chairs of the European Parliament&rsquo;s Cervical Cancer Prevention Group. Since she became an MEP in 2006, Glenis has actively campaigned for greater awareness of the disease, taking the issue up with European and Westminster decision makers, while also supporting organisations like Jo&rsquo;s Trust, a cervical cancer awareness charity based in Northamptonshire. Glenis said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m naturally extremely proud...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:25:32</pubDate>
                           
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                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott is calling for Europe&rsquo;s leaders to block a new Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, until the South American state addresses serious human rights issues, particularly against trade unionists. She has written to European Commission President Barroso, calling for the Free Trade Agreement to be blocked, and for a full investigation to be carried out into human rights violations. Glenis explained. &ldquo;Colombia remains the most dangerous place on Earth to be a trade unionist. Over 2500 trade unionists have been killed in Colombia in the last 15 years as part of an ongoing war between the government and leftwing...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:23:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Glenis to quiz new European Health Boss on backdoor advertising]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott MEP will raise the issue of back-door advertising by drugs firms, when MEPs question members of the newly proposed European Commission, next week in Brussels. Glenis explained. &ldquo;As Labour&rsquo;s spokesperson on Public Health, I share the concerns expressed by consumer organisations, such as Which!, who have raised the dangers of allowing advertising by the back door when new proposals to provide information to patients are brought in across Europe.&rdquo; &ldquo;The Hearings next week, when the potential new Commissioners go through a rigorous examination by the Parliament, will give me the opportunity to raise this issue specifically with the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:57:11</pubDate>
                           
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                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott is advocating a new labeling category for eggs, so consumers can know whether the eggs come from poultry kept in old style battery cages, or new bird-friendly &ldquo;enriched&rdquo; ones. Glenis explained. &ldquo;From 2010, conventional battery cages are meant to be outlawed, and new European laws will only allow birds to be kept in &ldquo;enriched&rdquo; cages which provide minimum space, nests, access to water and so on.&rdquo; &ldquo;However, while the UK is complying with this deadline, certain other member states have not yet phased out the old-style cages which cause so much distress to the poultry.&rdquo; &ldquo;We will, therefore,...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:29:55</pubDate>
                           
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                           <description><![CDATA[Glenis Willmott is calling for European action to find more alternatives to experiments on animals. Glenis, who is Labour&rsquo;s Leader in the European Parliament, has added her name to a Written Declaration in the European Parliament. This calls for increased funding for the replacement of research using animals, and asks the European Commission to look into various options for increasing the funds available for this work.  Glenis said. &ldquo;One option would be the introduction of a &ldquo;research levy&rdquo; of 1% of the selling price of products that contain ingredients tested on animals. This would mean that a product normally...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:51:07</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Open Letter to David Cameron from the European Parliamentary Labour Party]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The following is an open letter to David Cameron, from Glenis Willmott MEP (Leader of the Labour MEPs) and Linda Mcavan MEP (Labour Member of the European Parliament Environment committee, in Copenhagen as a European Parliament delegate) and all other Labour MEPs calling for action against Tory MEPs who actively oppose global measures to stop climate change. Dear Mr Cameron, At the start of the Copenhagen process on global climate change, you reassured us that the Conservative party is serious about curbing man-made global warming. You tell us that your "front bench" view on climate change is the view that...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 12:00:00</pubDate>
                           
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