A statement from Rebecca Taylor MEP regarding the amendment made to EU...
A statement from Rebecca Taylor MEP regarding the amendment made to EU Marketing Standards for olive oil (Commission Regulation 29/2012) that will require, from 1 January 2014, bottles in the catering...
View ArticleLib Dem MEPs press Commission for answers on olive oil regulation
Lib Dem MEPs have demanded an explanation from the European Commission regarding the decision to ban reusable olive oil dishes in restaurants, and will be tabling a series of parliamentary questions to...
View ArticleEU must extend corporate transparency to all sectors
Large oil, gas, diamond and logging companies will be obliged to disclose full information on all projects where payments to governmental authorities exceed a threshold of 100.000 Euros under new rules...
View ArticleLib Dems launch a million job campaign!
Yorkshire and the Humber’s Lib Dem MEPs, Edward McMillan-Scott and Rebecca Taylor have welcomed the Liberal Democrat Million Jobs Campaign, which was launched by Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy...
View ArticleRebecca Taylor and Chris Davies respond to the MHRA’s decision on e-cigarette...
We welcome the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) recognition last week of the role electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) can play in helping people cut down and eventually...
View ArticleLetter to the papers: European Arrest Warrant
My colleague, Edward McMillan-Scott, and I have written the following letter to the papers in the region on the issue of the European Arrest Warrant. Dear Sir or Madam, Readers may well be aware of...
View ArticleLib Dem MEPs sign up to campaign to improve mobile phone coverage in...
Lib Dem MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, Edward McMillan-Scott and Rebecca Taylor, have backed a campaign to help improve mobile phone coverage in the local area. The Countryside Alliance is asking...
View ArticleYorkshire MEPs welcome cheaper calls abroad
Lib Dem MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, Rebecca Taylor and Edward McMillan-Scott, have welcomed the new caps on mobile phone roaming charges that have come into effect this week. The new fees will...
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What role for youth in the future?
Rebecca Taylor, Lib Dem MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, last week led a forum on the role of young people in the future of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals after 2015. The seminar featured an...
View ArticleEU steps up fight against cross-border health threats
MEPs in Strasbourg today adopted new EU rules to strengthen cross-border cooperation to tackle serious cross border health threats such as influenza, coronavirus and E-coli. As part of the strengthened...
View ArticleLib Dems block Tory attempt to go soft on crime
LOCAL LIB DEM MEPs, Edward McMillan-Scott and Rebecca Taylor have welcomed the news that Liberal Democrats in government have stopped Conservative plans to abandon key EU crime-fighting measures. Under...
View ArticleBig boost for primary schools in Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire’s two Lib Dems MEPs, Edward McMillan-Scott and Rebecca Taylor, have welcomed news of additional investment for the region’s schools. Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick...
View ArticleMEP sees life as an apprentice with Cristal
Lib Dem MEP, Rebecca Taylor, spent a day seeing for herself what being a manufacturing apprentice is really like. Rebecca is one of a number of Lib Dem parliamentarians who have made it their business...
View ArticleLib Dem MEPs welcome moves to protect British holiday makers
Lib Dem MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber, Edward McMillan-Scott and Rebecca Taylor, have welcomed proposals from the European Commission to modernise EU rules on package holidays. It is expected that...
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Rebecca Taylor continues the fight to protect e-cigs
Rebecca Taylor, Lib Dem MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, joined protesters in Brussels opposed to plans to restrict access to electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). A top Labour MEP is leading the charge to...
View ArticleLetter to the papers on e-cigs
Dear Sir or Madam, The European Parliament will soon vote on new rules for tobacco products. One part of the proposal, which has strong support from Labour MEPs, is to regulate electronic cigarettes as...
View ArticleLetter to the Yorkshire Post: Back the tour de France
The following letter has been sent for publication to the Yorkshire Post. Dear Sir, I note the recent speculation about the Tour de France (Sports minister in Leeds brushes off Tour De France...
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Rebecca Taylor sees EU investment in science and research in action
Yorkshire Lib Dem MEP, Rebecca Taylor, has welcomed the European Parliament agreement on the EU funding programme for science and research. This comes as Rebecca visited a project in Leeds that has...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament votes in favour of strong tobacco control measures
Rebecca Taylor, Lib Dem MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, has welcomed today’s vote in the European Parliament on the Tobacco Products Directive. The Parliament adopted numerous measures aimed at...
View ArticleManufacturers say Britain must stay in EU
Britain must stay in the EU. That was the message from British manufacturers to the Government today in a report which calls for the UK to remain part of the EU in order to help secure jobs and...
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