Tue 22nd Jul 2008:

MEP backs urgent review of child safety on planes.

Child safety on aircrafts must be revised, according to Scots MEP Elspeth Attwooll. At present, small children are not entitled to a special safety seat, being held in their parent's arms or buckled into a loop belt.

MEP urges more to say NO to child trafficking.

More than 16,000 people have now signed the Alliance of Liberals of Democrats for European sponsored petition www.sayno.eu against child trafficking, but Elspeth Attwooll MEP insists that more people must sign so that the 1 million target can be reached and a clear message to the world.

European Parliament calls for 2011 as Year of Volunteering.

Elspeth Attwooll MEP is celebrating the European Parliament's adoption of a written declaration on volunteering, which celebrates the 100 million people who volunteer each year, and calls for 2011 to be declared the official European Year of Volunteering in recognition of this shared spirit.

Thu 17th Jul 2008:

European Union rings in the changes on rip-off ring-tones.

Elspeth Attwooll MEP has today condemned rip-off websites that sell ring-tones and other mobile phone services, as new research shows that as many as 80% may be in breach of EU consumer rules.

Thu 10th Jul 2008:

Government must show political will to chart course out of fisheries fuel crisis .

The UK Government must work closely with devolved administrations inside the UK, as well as other Member States, if the current economic crisis in the fisheries sector caused by rising fuel costs is to be alleviated, according to Elspeth Attwooll MEP.

Wed 9th Jul 2008:

Elspeth looks forward to at-a-glance airfares.

Scots fliers will no longer risk being misled when they buy flights online, thanks to new European rules that will require companies to advertise and display the actual total cost of flights on their websites, while also making optional extras opt-in rather than opt-out.

Thu 3rd Jul 2008:

Cross-border healthcare proposals a step in the right direction.

Elspeth Attwooll MEP today welcomed the Commission's new social agenda, which includes proposals for a directive on cross-border healthcare in the European Union.

Wed 2nd Jul 2008:

MEP Packs European Health Insurance Card.

With the holiday season upon us, Elspeth Attwooll MEP is reminding Scots to pack their European Health Insurance Card when travelling throughout the European Union.

Tue 1st Jul 2008:

MEP raises awareness of EU emergency contact number 112.

Elspeth Attwooll MEP is campaigning to raise awareness of the European emergency contact number 112 that provides immediate access to emergency services in most of the European Union's 27 Member States.

Mon 30th Jun 2008:

Credit card companies must come clean.

Scots MEP Elspeth Attwooll is insisting that credit card companies come clean over the extortionate hidden costs of withdrawing cash from holes in the wall in other EU countries.

Scots MEP Enjoys Kelso Veterans' Concert.

Elspeth Attwooll, Lib Dem MEP for Scotland, was in the Borders at the weekend, where she attended the Veterans' Concert in Kelso's Tait Hall on Friday night and a local Farmers' Market on the Saturday morning. She was joined at the market by Euan Robson, the former Liberal Democrat MSP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire and current number two on the Scottish Lib Dem list for the 2009 European Parliament elections.

Fri 27th Jun 2008:

Scottish Lib Dems - say NO to child trafficking.

Scottish Lib Dems Elspeth Attwooll MEP and Robert Brown MSP have joined forces with Liberals and Democrats from all over Europe to fight the sickening abuse of children by sex tourists from the European Union.

Mon 23rd Jun 2008:

Scots MEP calls for safer car fronts.

Elspeth Attwooll MEP is backing new European Parliament proposals to make car-fronts safer to protect pedestrians and cyclists when on the road. The plans, forwarded by Italian Liberal MEP Francesco Ferrari in a report published last week, call for new braking technology to be made compulsory from 2009 and for more research to be devoted to developing new anti-collision systems for car-fronts.

Thu 19th Jun 2008:

Attwooll MEP backs urgent action over fisheries fuel crisis .

Elspeth Attwooll has backed the emergency measures adopted today by the European Parliament to solve the current fuel crisis caused by rising fuel costs.

Fri 13th Jun 2008:

Regret at Irish 'No'.

Elspeth Attwooll has expressed deep regret at the result of Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

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