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Tackle text message rip-off, say MEPs
2nd July 2008
AS thousands prepare to head to the continent for their summer holiday, Wales Euro-MPs Glenys Kinnock and Eluned Morgan are urging EU action to tackle rip-off charges for texting home from the beach. The Labour MEPs have written to the EU Telcoms Commissioner demanding Europe step in and force mobile phone companies to cut costs for sending SMS texts when in EU countries like Greece, Spain and
More...Cymdeithas Cledwyn targets West
27th June 2008
Cymraeg PROPOSALS for a grassroots policy agenda aimed at creating sustainable, lively and bilingual communities are to be put forward by Cymdeithas Cledwyn. A new report The Fro: Winning votes in Welsh-speaking Wales will be presented to a representative of the Welsh Labour Party Executive today.
More...Eluned secures backing for EU ban on disconnecting vulnerable
19th June 2008
WITH Welsh families feeling the pinch as energy prices reach new highs, a Welsh Euro-MP has secured backing for European action to ensure a better deal for energy users. Among the measures Labour MEP Eluned Morgan has secured European Parliament support for is a Europe-wide ban on disconnecting the elderly and disabled during winter.
More...MEPs back separation of EU electricity markets
18th June 2008
ELECTIRICTY rapporteur ELUNED MORGAN has demanded Parliament's voice be heard, after Euro-MPs gave their backing to plans for Europe's electricity networks to be separated from generation. On first reading of ELUNED MORGAN's report on reforming the EU electricity market, MEPs today voted in favour of its proposals for ‘full ownership unbundling' which would remove the conflict of interest of
More...Full 'unbundling' only option, says MEP
17th June 2008
TOTAL separation of Europe's electricity supply and transmission systems is the only way to ensure a fair, secure and stable market, the European Parliament's electricity rapporteur today said. Ahead of a key vote tomorrow on reforming Europe's electricity market, Euro-MP Eluned Morgan, the Parliament's rapporteur, urged MEPs to back her report's proposals for electricity networks to be
More...EU electricity market 'worst of both worlds', Eluned tells key conference
21st May 2008
THE EU's current electricity market offers the 'worst of both worlds' and needs reform to boost competition, European Parliament energy rapporteur Eluned Morgan will today tell a key conference. Speaking at a conference on competitiveness and consumers organised by the Slovenian Presidency, ELUNED MORGAN said:
More...Euro-MPs welcome equal rights for agency staff
20th May 2008
A DEAL to give temporary and agency staff the same employment rights as permanent staff was today welcomed by Euro-MPs Glenys Kinnock and Eluned Morgan. The Labour MEPs have long campaigned to ensure that those working in temporary or agency roles are given the same protection as permanent staff.
More...Another victory for energy consumers, says MEP
20th May 2008
MEPs have struck another victory for energy consumers after voting for measures to ensure better competition in EU gas markets and to place energy poverty firmly on the EU agenda. The European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee has agreed that tight control should be imposed on the owners of gas transmission systems and their ability to manage the pipelines.
More...Eluned urges EU to get tough on energy efficiency
15th May 2008
TOUGH EU energy efficiency standards could save Welsh households between £200 and £1,000 a year and make a significant contribution to fighting climate change, Euro-MP ELUNED MORGAN today said. Visiting Blackwood Compliance Laboratories, which specialises in testing electrical appliances to ensure they meet European standards, the Labour MEP urged the EU to get tough in introducing robust new
More...MEPs urge ban on "hyperactivity" food additives
14th May 2008
WALES Euro-MPs Glenys Kinnock and Eluned Morgan have joined European calls to ban food colourings linked to hyperactivity in children. Following a recent report in the medical journal The Lancet, linking particular food additives - so-called ‘azo-dyes' - to hyperactive behaviour in children, Glenys Kinnock and Eluned Morgan are urging the European Food Standards Agency to ban these additives
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