http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Christine Tinker and Stone Liberal Democrats en-GB Christine Tinker and Stone Liberal Democrats http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Christine Tinker and Stone Liberal Democrats 2008-10-13T19:43+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000234/pork_pie_ruling_shows_benefits_of_special_status_says_mep.html West Midlands Euro- MP Liz Lynne has called on producers of specialist local food and drink to apply for special protected status under EU law. 2008-10-07T09:54+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000233/if_whitehall_can_do_it_then_why_cant_everyone_else_asks_mep.html 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. 2008-10-06T16:28+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000232/rain_and_floods_have_made_us_complacent_about_water_shortages_says_euromp.html 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. 2008-09-29T11:35+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000231/cross_border_health_directive_must_put_patients_first__mep.html 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. 2008-09-25T10:00+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000230/euromps_condemn_islamabad_bombing.html 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. 2008-09-23T15:07+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000229/action_to_force_text_roaming_costs_down_is_welcome_says_mep.html 2008-09-23T15:06+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000228/euromps_child_trafficking_campaign_is_successful.html 2008-09-23T15:05+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000227/mep_disappointed_by_european_court_ruling_on_mandatory_retirement_age.html 2008-09-23T10:54+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000226/at_long_last_all_children_in_uk_to_get_same_protection_says_euromp.html 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. 2008-09-19T15:25+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000225/local_euromp_shortlisted_for_mep_of_the_year_award.html West Midlands Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne has been short listed for the prestigious MEP of the Year award. 2008-09-19T13:24+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000224/governments_regional_funding_cuts_barely_surprising_says_west_midlands_euromp.html 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. 2008-09-19T10:38+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000223/mrsa_meeting_nhs_superbug_target_is_not_the_end_of_the_story_says_euromp.html 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. 2008-09-18T14:45+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000212/liz_lynne_praises_landmark_speech_by_nick_clegg.html LibDem leader Nick Clegg's end of conference speech throws down the 2008-09-17T13:27+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000213/end_discrimination_against_mental_health_patients_says_local_euromp.html Local Euro-MP and equality campaigner Liz Lynne has given strong backing 2008-09-17T12:00+01:00 http://www.stone.libdems.org.uk/news/000214/libdem_conference_backs_local_euromp_liz_lynnes_antidiscrimination_amendment_in_key_europe_policy_debate.html A nine year campaign by local Euro MP Liz Lynne and leading charities for 2008-09-16T18:00+01:00