2003 (48 articles)

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• 18 December 2003: CAT AND DOG FUR TRADE BAN CLEARS FIRST HURDLE
  

  Ian Hudghton, SNP Member of the European Parliament is welcoming news that a majority of MEPs have backed calls for an EU-wide ban on trade in cat and dog fur, after a required 314 MEPs put their name...

• 08 December 2003: SNP PUBLISH TEN PRIORITIES TO PLACE FISHING COMMUNITIES ON ROAS TO RECOVERY
  

  In the run up to Wednesday's pre EU Council fisheries debate in the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish National Party today published what they believe must be the Labour/Liberal coalition government's...

• 19 November 2003: HUDGHTON SEEKS PROTECTION FOR SINGLE MALTS
  

  SNP MEP, Ian Hudghton has stepped in to assist Scotch whisky producers who are concerned over Diageo's plans to create and market a pure malt whisky under the name of Cardhu. The MEP, who was asked b...

• 13 November 2003: HUDGHTON TALKS UP SCOTLAND’S BUSINESS TOURISM ROLE
  

  SNP Member of the European Parliament Ian Hudghton says Scots need to grasp every opportunity to encourage business and conference tourists to Scotland. The MEP sets out his views in a letter sent to ...

• 29 October 2003: EUROPE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AT DUNDEE MEETING
  

  Member of the European Parliament, Ian Hudghton, is guest speaker at this evening's meeting of Dundee West SNP Constituency Association. The MEP, who heads the SNP's list for next year's European Parl...

• 20 October 2003: CAT AND DOG FUR TRADE - PETITION HEADS FOR STRASBOURG
  

  MEP Ian Hudghton carried an extra piece of 'hand luggage' with him when he boarded his flight to Strasbourg on Monday 20 October 2003. Mr Hudghton took receipt of a 7,500 signature petition calling fo...

• 16 October 2003: HUDGHTON PRAISES SHETLAND FISHING CAMPAIGN
  

  SNP Member of the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee Ian Hudghton says he is 'very impressed' by the commitment of Shetlanders to protect their fishing industry from further cuts. He says he ha...

• 16 October 2003: NO SHOW FINNIE LETS SCOTLAND DOWN
  

  SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton MEP has called on the Scottish Executive to demand that the Scottish Fisheries Minister lead the UK's negotiating team in this December's vital EU Fisheries Council. The call...

• 14 October 2003: SNP JOINS CALL TO PROTECT EU MINORITY LANGUAGES
  

  SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has joined colleagues from across the EU in calling for the European Commission to ensure that minority languages are given adequate protection ahead of EU enlargement next year. ...

• 07 October 2003: HUDGHTON SEEKS SOLUTION TO STUDENTS PLIGHT IN FRANCE
  

  SNP Member of the European Parliament Ian Hudghton has taken up the concerns of students, parents and academic staff over the provision of decent, affordable accommodation in France. The students are ...

• 29 September 2003: HUDGHTON AGAIN HEADS SNP EURO TEAM
  

  The Annual Conference of the Scottish National Party in Inverness has given a resounding vote of confidence to Ian Hudghton, a Member of the European Parliament since 1998.  In a ballot of delega...

• 08 September 2003: TOP TORY FAILS TO SUPPORT SCOTTISH CONTROL OF FISHERIES AS LIB DEMS CHANGE TO BACK SNP POSITION
  

  A leading Scottish Tory failed to give backing to SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton in his attempt to return fisheries control to Scotland. In a crucial meeting in the European parliament today, Struan Stevens...

• 03 September 2003: LEADING FLEMISH POLITICIAN CONDEMNS VLAAMS BLOK ATTACK SNP ARE GOOD FRIENDS OF FLANDERS
  

  A leading Flemish nationalist politician has condemned the Vlaams Blok for its reported attack on the Scottish National Party. Nelly Maes MEP, president of the European Free Alliance - a grouping of E...

• 03 September 2003: TORIES BACK FAILED CFP - STRUAN STEVENSON SHOULD RESIGN
  

  The SNP has condemned a leading Scottish Tory who is calling for the Common Fisheries Policy to be enshrined within the proposed European Constitution. SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton MEP reacted with disbe...

• 03 September 2003: SNP WELCOMES EURO VOTE ON DISADVANTAGED REGIONS
  

  SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has welcomed European Parliament support for ensuring the continued targeting of structural funds to geographically disadvantaged regions of Europe including island, remote highla...

• 03 September 2003: SCOTS 'INNOCENT VICTIMS' OF FRENCH ACTION
  

  SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has today made an impassioned plea to the European Commission to heap pressure on the French Government to settle the latest spate of industrial disputes which have resulted in bl...

• 02 September 2003: EURO MPs SET TO CONDEMN UK TREATMENT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS
  

  SNP Members of the European Parliament, Ian Hudghton and Neil MacCormick will be keeping a close eye on Scottish Labour and Lib-Dem MEPs during a debate on fundamental rights in the European Union in ...

• 01 September 2003: HUDGHTON SEEKS TO PLUG PENSIONS LOOPHOLE
  

  Nationalist MEP Ian Hudghton is contacting the European Commission and UK Government in an attempt to resolve a pensions anomaly which could be infringing UK pensioners rights to live in another EU co...

• 27 August 2003: HUDGHTON WELCOMES SCAPA REPORT
  

  Ian Hudghton, SNP MEP, says plans to establish a major transhipment hub port in Orkney's Scapa Flow could prove beneficial not just to Orkney, but to the whole of Scotland. Welcoming yesterday's repo...

• 09 July 2003: TOP EU LEGAL ADVISER BACKS SNP FISHERIES FEARS
  

  In a frank statement to the European Parliament Fisheries Committee, a top European Union lawyer has backed SNP fears over the proposal to designate 'marine biological conservation' an exclusive EU co...

• 02 July 2003: HUDGHTON WELCOMES TOUGHENING OF GM RULES
  

  Ian Hudghton, SNP Member of the European Parliament, has welcomed decisions taken by MEPs in Strasbourg to toughen up labelling and traceability rules on genetically modified food and feed. The new l...

• 25 June 2003: MEP TAKES FISHERIES DEBATE TO LONDON
  

  London Branch of the Scottish National Party hosted a discussion session on Scotland's Fisheries Industry and the EU Common Fisheries Policy. Ian Hudghton MEP led with an account of the lengthy saga ...

• 20 June 2003: SNP CONDEMNS £3.3MILLION OVERSIGHT
  

  The SNP has today revealed that Scotland lost out on part of an EU package worth at least £3.3 million because the UK Government failed to get their claim in on time. The money, available through an ...

• 10 June 2003: HUDGHTON ACCUSES FISHERIES MINISTER OF INACTION
  

  Ian Hudghton, SNP MEP and Fisheries Spokesperson in the European Parliament says the UK Government and Scottish Executive are simply not treating the crisis facing Scotland's fishing communities with ...

• 04 June 2003: SNP WINS FISHERIES VICTORY IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
  

  SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton MEP today expressed his delight after the European Parliament approved a report he had written on key fishing regulations. The report, which won cross-party backing at a full ...

• 03 June 2003: MEPs FORCE PACE ON TANKER SAFETY
  

  SNP MEP Ian Hudghton says Member State governments must step up the pace to phase out single hull oil tankers such as the Prestige and Braer, infamous for the environmental damage they inflicted on th...

• 30 May 2003: SNP ANGER AT DUNDEE LEAFLET
  

  SNP Member of the European Parliament Ian Hudghton is furious that a publicly funded Foreign and Commonwealth Office leaflet is blatantly being used to promote Labour Party members. A leaflet entitle...

• 15 May 2003: SNP SEEKS CROSS-PARTY SUPPORT ON RETENTION OF SCOTTISH WATERS ‘Historical Rights Must Be Protected’
  

  The SNP is seeking cross-party support in a campaign for the retention of Scotland's historical fishing rights.  SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton MEP has written to the leaders of all parties represented...

• 14 May 2003: HUDGHTON WELCOMES TOUGH LINE ON GMO LIABILITY
  

  SNP European Agriculture Spokesperson, Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed decisions taken by MEPs in Strasbourg today which could give greater protection against contamination by Genetically Modified Organ...

• 06 May 2003: SNP CONTINUES FIGHT FOR FISHING COMMUNITIES
  

  Commission Admits Cod Plan Will Ruin Fleets Such as the Scottish Fleet Expressing anger on the day the European Commission published their long-term cod recovery plan, SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton MEP to...

• 16 April 2003: MORE LONDON LIES ON FISHERIES CASH
  

  "Contempt For Scotlandís Fishing Communities" SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton MEP has demanded that UK Fisheries Minister Elliot Morley tells the truth about the availability of additional European funds to...

• 27 March 2003: SNP WELCOMES €600m EU AIDS RESEARCH FUNDING
  

  SNP MEP Ian Hudghton today called for assurances that EU proposals to provide €600 million for the fight against Aids and other diseases in developing countries would benefit those in genuine need. D...

• 27 March 2003: LIB DEMS MAULED BY SHARKS YET AGAIN
  

  SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton today commiserated with Lib Dem MEP Elspeth Attwooll after she lost a key vote in the European Parliament on her report on shark fins.  Mr Hudghton noted that this is not...

• 24 March 2003: €600 MILLION FOR FIGHT AGAINST HIV, TB AND MALARIA
  

  Ian Hudghton MEP and EFA Group colleague Jill Evans MEP, of Plaid Cymru, joined forces at a Press Briefing in London to highlight a proposal for a new research project aimed at speeding up the develop...

• 12 March 2003: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BACKS SNP DEMAND FOR FISHERIES COMPENSATION
  

  “Finnie Must Now Demand London Labour Action” SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton MEP today welcomed a vote in the European Parliament which called for the EU to allocate 150 million Euros to compensate fishing...

• 08 March 2003: CONFERENCE BACKS CALL FOR “SCRAP CFP” CAMPAIGN
  

  At its Campaign Conference at Loch Lomond on Saturday (8 March), the Scottish National Party backed a call to campaign for the scrapping of the European Common Fisheries Policy. The resolution was sec...

• 26 February 2003: EUROPE GOES CENTRE STAGE AT ALYTH AGM
  

  Ian Hudghton, Member of the European Parliament, will give tonight's keynote address to the Annual General Meeting of Alyth Branch of the Scottish National Party. Mr Hudghton will use his speaking sl...

• 25 February 2003: POLITICIANS TALK ABOUT THE PRICE OF FISH
  

  Irene McGugan MSP and Ian Hudghton MEP will tomorrow (Thursday) pay a visit to the Silvery Tay in Menzieshill to sample some of the popular chip shop's fried fare, and to talk about the price of fish ...

• 24 February 2003: SNP PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT DUNDEE AIRPORT
  

  Following a pre-arranged meeting this morning with Dundee Airport management, attended by MSPs Shona Robison, Irene McGugan, Kenny MacAskill, Cllr. Joe Fitzpatrick, local MEP Ian Hudghton said: "The ...

• 21 February 2003: MEP ACTS TO STOP DOG HANGING IN SPAIN
  

  MEP Ian Hudghton is urging the Spanish government to tighten up its animal welfare laws to end the barbaric hanging of greyhounds in Spain. The SNP member has received several letters from across Sco...

• 20 February 2003: RELIGIONS WORKING TOGETHER AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
  

  SNP MEP Ian Hudghton met with a large representative group of religious leaders from Scotland, headed by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Rev. Dr. Finlay Macdonald, who...

• 18 February 2003: EUROPEAN THEME AT CARNOUSTIE AGM
  

  Carnoustie Branch of the SNP has, as guest speaker at tonight's AGM Ian Hudghton MEP. Ian, who was formerly Leader of Angus Council, will bring members up to date on what he has been doing in the Euro...

• 12 February 2003: ABERDEEN - GOMEL LINKS IN MIND
  

  The Aberdeen Gomel Trust has been very much in the mind of local SNP MEP, Ian Hudghton during recent European Parliament discussions on relations between Belarus and the EU. A country bordering three...

• 06 February 2003: HUDGHTON ISSUES STARK C.A.P. WARNING
  

  Ian Hudghton, Member of the European Parliament and former Leader of Angus Council, is Guest Speaker at the Annual General Meeting of Sidlaw Branch of the Scottish National Party tonight. In his spee...

• 21 January 2003: SNP WARNING ON MEDICAL PATENTS
  

  SNP Member of the European Parliament, Ian Hudghton, has warned against any attempts by research companies to cash in on a major new joint research programme into TB, HIV/Aids and malaria through medi...

• 16 January 2003: AQUACULTURE “A POSSIBLE WINDOW OF HOPE?”
  

  SNP MEP Ian Hudghton says that fish farming could provide a 'window of hope' to Scotland's fishing communities, at a time where Scotland's fishing industries is confronted with the biggest crisis in i...

• 15 January 2003: MEP SEEKS SOLUTION TO SHEEP ID NIGHTMARE
  

  ‘If it ain't broke, don’t fix it!’ This is MEP Ian Hudghton's view following the publication of new EU sheep identification procedures, which have angered many sheep farmers.  The recently publis...

• 14 January 2003: SNP SPECIAL PLEA FOR SCOTS ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
  

  The SNP have made a special plea on behalf of Scots road hauliers and coach operators in a debate on road transport in the European Parliament in Strasbourg today. The Markov report includes recommen...