15 Most Recent Stories From Sarah Ludford MEP News Stories

Fri 3rd Sep 2010:

Bid to turn MEPs into Communist apparatchiks.

It is understood that the powers-that-be in the European Parliament are seeking to enforce attendance at European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso's first ever 'State of the Union' address next week by punishing absentee MEPs with a docking of their daily subsistence allowance for meals and accommodation.

Wed 28th Jul 2010:

Tomlinson prosecution failure risks public cynicism about police.

London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford has written with her colleagues Tom Brake MP and Simon Hughes MP to the Director of Public Prosecutions about his failure to bring a prosecution against the police officer seen on video striking Ian Tomlinson who died shortly afterwards.

Mon 26th Jul 2010:

Stop & search powers must not harass snappers.

Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford and award-winning architectural photographer Grant Smith met Assistant Commissioner of the City of London police Frank Armstrong to discuss apparently heavy-handed use of anti-terrorist stop & search powers whereby Grant and colleagues have been harassed in the City.

Thu 22nd Jul 2010:

All EU countries must now recognise Kosovo .

The International Court of Justice has ruled that Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008 did not violate international law. The court therefore rejected the objections of Serbia from which Kosovo split after years of oppression and conflict and after NATO bombed Serbia to stop its war on Kosovans.

Tue 20th Jul 2010:

Proposed EU 'letter' of fair trial rights welcome.

The European Commission has proposed a new European law to make mandatory a 'letter of rights' for all suspects upon arrest in any EU country, in a language they understand.

Mon 19th Jul 2010:

LibDems call for new sustainable economy with small businesses at the forefront.

Sarah Ludford recently attended a Westminster reception hosted by the Federation of Small Businesses, at which LibDem Business Secretary Vince Cable was the guest speaker. Sarah, a long time champion of small businesses said:

Fri 16th Jul 2010:

Sarah debates the EU's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights and enforcement of its judgements in the European Parliament.

Question by Joanna Senyszyn: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has recently delivered several rulings regarding legal provisions in Poland which are in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. Hitherto, the question of how ECHR rulings are implemented by EU Member States which are also members of the Council of Europe has been a matter for each individual Member State. Will the anticipated accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights alter this situation and, in particular, are there any plans to introduce EU mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of ECHR rulings by Member States of the European Union which are also members of the Council of Europe?

Thu 15th Jul 2010:

Letter to the Daily Mail: Royal Mail and post offices.

The Editor,

Thu 8th Jul 2010:

A fun day out at London Pride.

On Saturday 3 July Sarah joined the Liberal Democrat delegation marching with London Pride, a colourful annual celebration of LGBT rights. After the event, she said:

Labour causes two byelections.

Two byelections in London have been caused by Labour originally putting up candidates who were not qualified to run for council, so they were later dismissed and the elections rerun at great expense to the taxpayer.

Revised bank data deal illustrates Liberal MEPs' influence.

The European Parliament has today approved a reworked EU-US agreement on access to Europeans' banking data for tracking of terrorist finance after rejecting an interim deal in February on grounds that it insufficiently safeguarded privacy.

Wed 7th Jul 2010:

Euro-MPs axe illegal timber trade.

MEPs have taken an axe to the illegal logging trade today by banning the sale of illegal timber in Europe and setting up strict penalties for rogue traders.

London Euro-MP hails bonus and casino banking curbs.

London Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford has hailed the approval by MEPs in the European Parliament of tough new EU laws to rein in bankers´ bonuses, and slammed extremist and racist MEPs from UKIP and BNP who opposed the curbs.

London remembers 7/7 five years on.

On the 5th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford said:

Tue 6th Jul 2010:

Torture inquiry pledges no cover-up.

Commenting on the Prime Minister's official announcement of an independent inquiry led by former Appeal Court judge Sir Peter Gibson into allegations of British complicity in torture, Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford who was vice chair of the European Parliament's inquiry into European involvement in 'extraordinary rendition', said:

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