News Releases
Showing: May 2007
Here you can find an archive of all the news items that have been on this website as well as any comments, polls or surveys.
Roaming deal must be in place for summer holidays demand Conservatives
Posted,5/15/2007 12:00:00 AM
Brussels, 15 May 2007 -- After tough negotiations the EU has today agreed formal caps for mobile phone charges on international calls. Conservatives are now pressing Parliament to pass the law before the summer holidays to maximise the benefits for British mobile phone users, says Giles Chichester MEP, the party's Industry Spokesman.
Conservatives condemn EU proposal to give illegal immigrants rights to demand unpaid wages
Posted,5/14/2007 4:00:00 PM
UK legislation is enough
Bogus medicines flood Africa - Conservatives propose EU "track and trace barcode" to crush illegal trade
Posted,5/14/2007 4:00:00 PM
25 per cent of medicines used in Africa are fake
UEFA must deal with European football violence head on by learning from the UK, not blaming us
Posted,5/11/2007 12:00:00 AM
Brussels 11 April -- Following the violence at recent Champions League matches in Rome, Seville and Manchester, Chris Heaton-Harris MEP, Conservative Sports Spokesman, condemned those who say British hooliganism is back. British football fans have also been the victims of violence and police at European games on the Continent should learn from the best practise which has evolved in the U.K.
Safer roads as left-hand drive lorries required to add "fourth mirror"
Posted,5/10/2007 7:00:00 PM
Brussels, 10th May 2007 -- A new law requiring heavy goods vehicles to introduce blind spot mirrors - which would prevent "side sweep" incidents on Britain's motorways - has been approved by the European Parliament today in Brussels.
Russia needs "tough love" from the EU not a cold shoulder
Posted,5/10/2007 4:00:00 PM
Conservatives highlight the strategic need to avoid an EU-Russia 'cold peace'
Victims Of Equitable Life Disaster deserve full compensation
Posted,5/7/2007 4:00:00 PM
Conservatives demand that higher standards of investor protection must now be enforced
Preserving British loaf as we know it is perfect start to National Bread Week
Posted,5/4/2007 4:00:00 PM
Existing pack sizes for pre-packed bread will remain on sale in UK as Warburton's begins a week celebrating the great British loaf
No more metric martyrs after Conservative lobbying pays off
Posted,5/3/2007 4:00:00 PM
End of EU inspired metrication after Commission agrees imperial measurements are good for business
Balance Needed In Flights' Take-Off In EU Emission Trading Scheme
Posted,5/2/2007 4:00:00 PM
Emissions must be curbed, but competitive industry maintained