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If Whitehall can do it then why can't everyone else asks MEP?

Mon 6th Oct 2008

Liz Lynne, the Lib Dem Euro-MP for the West Midlands, has welcomed reports that the mandatory retirement age is to be scrapped for junior civil servants, but has asked why the Government refuses to apply the same standard elsewhere.

RAIN AND FLOODS HAVE MADE US COMPLACENT ABOUT WATER SHORTAGES, SAYS EURO-MP

Mon 29th Sep 2008

It may not seem likely after the wet and cloudy summer, but there are fears that the region could face water shortages in the future if we carry on consuming it at current rates.

Cross border health directive must put patients first - MEP

Thu 25th Sep 2008

Public health campaigner and MEP Liz Lynne (ALDE, UK) has today welcomed the proposed cross border health directive, but warned the directive must benefit all Europe's citizens.

Euro-MPs condemn Islamabad bombing

Tue 23rd Sep 2008

West Midlands Liberal Democrat Euro-MP Liz Lynne has co-signed a letter to Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari condemning Saturday's suicide truck bomb attack on the Islamabad's Marriott hotel which killed more than 50 people.

Action to force text roaming costs down is welcome, says MEP

Tue 23rd Sep 2008

Euro-MPs child trafficking campaign is successful

Tue 23rd Sep 2008

MEP disappointed by European Court ruling on mandatory retirement age

Tue 23rd Sep 2008

At long last, all children in UK to get same protection, says Euro-MP

Fri 19th Sep 2008

Local Euro-MP Liz Lynne has welcomed the news that next week, the Government is to finally fully ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, saying at long last all children in the UK will have the same protection as they do in the rest of the EU.

LOCAL EURO-MP SHORTLISTED FOR MEP OF THE YEAR AWARD

Fri 19th Sep 2008

West Midlands Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne has been short listed for the prestigious MEP of the Year award.

Government's regional funding cuts barely surprising says West Midlands Euro-MP.

Fri 19th Sep 2008

West Midlands MEP Liz Lynne has said that she is appalled but barely surprised by the Government's announcement that it has told the Advantage West Midlands to cut its budget by £36 million.

MRSA: Meeting NHS superbug target is not the end of the story, says Euro-MP

Thu 18th Sep 2008

Local Euro-MP Liz Lynne has given a cautious welcome to the further reduction in MRSA levels announced today by the Health Protection Agency, but said no-one should rest on their laurels in the fight against avoidable hospital infections.