http://dianawallismep.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Diana Wallis MEP en-GB Diana Wallis MEP http://dianawallismep.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Diana Wallis MEP 2008-08-20T21:38+01:00 United Kingdom http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000609/diana_gains_support_for_national_judge_report_at_bordeaux_conference.html Speaking alongside EU Commissioner Barrot and French Justice Minister, Mrs Racida Dati, at a conference on education of national judges in Bordeaux today, Diana Wallis said that the three EU institutions were pushing in the same direction in responding to her report on the role of the National Judge in the European Judicial system. Her own initiative report, resoundingly passed by the European Parliament at its July meeting in Strasbourg, surveyed the views held by national judges on the EU's legal system. 2008-07-22T12:57+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000608/lobbyists_should_join_transparency_register_says_diana_wallis_mep.html Since the European Commission's voluntary register for lobbyists was opened on 23 June 2008, to date, 174 organisations have registered with the Commission, providing a certain amount of financial disclosure. However, only 9 public affairs consultancies have registered with the Commission. The bulk of registrants are professional organisations and NGOs. 2008-07-17T14:00+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000607/reforms_already_underway_will_address_substance_of_ombudsmans_concerns.html "The European Parliament has already adopted a series of major reforms to its system of allowances for Members. These amount to a substantial increase in transparency and will largely address the spirit of the Ombudsman's remarks," said Diana Wallis, EP Vice President responsible for transparency. 2008-07-15T15:20+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000606/diana_wallis_attends_anniversary_of_srebrenica_genocide.html Vice President of the European Parliament, Diana Wallis MEP travelled to Bosnia on Friday to attend the anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica and Žepa which occurred in 1995. An additional 330 identified and previously missing persons were buried, 13 years after the massacre, at the Srebrenica-Poto?ari Memorial and Cemetery to Genocide Victims. 2008-07-11T17:00+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000604/diana_overjoyed_at_the_european_parliaments_call_for_a_europewide_alert_system_for_missing_children.html As the holiday season begins we become even more aware of the danger for children to go missing. Most of the time this is just a temporary absence: - of a few seconds, minutes or hours. 2008-07-10T15:00+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000605/meps_adopt_tighter_controls_on_assistance_expenses.html Last night (9 July) the European Parliament's Bureau approved the last part of the implementing measures for the Statute for MEPs. This part concerned "assistance from personal staff". The adoption of the implementing rules clears a vexed issue ahead of next European elections in 2009. 2008-07-10T11:00+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000603/diana_wallis_mep_calls_for_better_eu_training_for_national_judges.html Diana Wallis MEP's' own-initiative report on "the Role of the National Judge in the European Judicial System" was overwhelmingly adopted today by the European Parliament. The report follows over a year of detailed investigation and dialogue with national judges, national authorities and European institutions. 2008-07-09T12:08+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000602/baltic_sea_pipeline_an_important_issue_for_the_eu.html Commenting on the Libicki report on the proposed Baltic Sea Pipeline in today's debate in plenary in Strasbourg, Diana Wallis MEP, theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) shadow rapporteur on the Petitions Committee said: 2008-07-08T11:12+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000601/local_euro_mp_time_to_say_no_to_child_sex_tourism.html Every year thousands of European tourists travel to countries in Southeast Asia, South America and Africa with the specific intent of having sex with children. The chance that offenders get caught is almost zero. 2008-06-27T10:48+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000600/meps_continue_fight_for_equitable_life_victims.html MEPs pledged to continue to seek a resolution for the victims of the Equitable Life crisis which inflicted major financial losses for millions of people in the UK and other EU Member States. During the EP Petitions Committee meeting on 25 June 2008, the British petitioners thanked the MEPs for their assistance so far and participated in a discussion with MEPs on what the next course of action should be after the second report form the UK Parliamentary Ombudsmen (PO) is released on 14 July 2008. MEPs also invited the UK PO to attend the Petitions Committee in September. 2008-06-26T14:33+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000599/more_women_in_the_top_jobs_say_meps.html Diana along with two other ALDE MEPs have recently published an advertisement in the weekly Brussels based newspaper, European Voice, explaining that women are often opposed to the European Union because they see it as a male dominated set of institutions. One way to deal with this would be by having more women in the top jobs. 2008-06-23T18:23+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000598/amber_alert__written_declaration_continues_to_gather_signatures.html Kate and Gerry McCann met Diana in Strasbourg recently as part of the campaign for the introduction of a European version of the US Amber Alert system which enables an early warning to be given via the media across the country when police confirm a child has been abducted. 2008-06-23T18:12+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000597/diana_joins_residents_at_a_street_party_in_hessle_to_mark_a_year_on_from_the_floods.html Local Euro MP Diana Wallis joined Tim Iredale and the BBC Politics Show team as they broadcast live on Sunday from a street party in Hessle. The party, in the town's Winthorpe Road, was held to mark a year since the devastating floods hit parts of Hull and the East Riding. Most residents are now back in their houses but some properties are still being renovated twelve months on. 2008-06-22T17:00+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000596/diana_calls_for_flood_cash_payout.html The BBC reports that the government is coming under pressure to pass on the full total of EU aid to parts of the UK affected by flooding last summer. 2008-06-20T15:20+01:00 http://dianawallismep.org.uk/news/000594/local_euro_mp_says_if_david_davis_wants_to_fight_on_civil_liberties_he_should_speak_to_local_liberal_democrats.html Local Euro MP Diana Wallis, who is President of the Haltemprice & Howden Liberal Democrats and who was David Davis's opponent at the 1997 General Election, commenting on his resignation to fight a by-election today: 2008-06-14T12:29+01:00