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SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has published figures which show that Scottish Executive ministers have failed during the year 2006 to represent Scotland at key EU Council meetings. Official EU reports...
Almost twenty years since it was first set up with the help of leading SNP figure Winnie Ewing, her successor as SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP is calling for more to be done to enable young Scots to ...
Commenting from Brussels on the outcome of the Fisheries Council meeting this morning, SNP MEP and member of the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee, Ian Hudghton, who has been in Brussels for t...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton is backing new European plans for safer oil tankers which are designed to reduce the risk of oil spills in the event of tankers foundering. The MEP hopes the new rule requiring o...
SNP Party President Ian Hudghton has criticised a European decision to liberalise the rules governing TV advertising and product placement as unnecessary. The SNP MEP voted against the proposals at th...
SNP MEPs Ian Hudghton and Alyn Smith today voted against new European chemicals legislation which they oppose for not doing enough to outlaw dangerous substances. Both also condemned a 'shoddy backro...
Scottish National Party president, Ian Hudghton MEP, has broadly welcomed discussions in the European Parliament on a new directive designed to protect groundwater. Groundwater can be an important so...
Ahead of a key vote at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on restricting dangerous chemicals, SNP MEPs Ian Hudghton and Alyn Smith indicated that they are prepared to reject the rules for not going...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has called for safeguards to ensure plans for a common EU driving license are not turned into an EU Identity Card scheme by default. The European Parliament is due to vote on the ...
St Andrew's Day Menu in European Parliament Scottish National Party President and Euro-MP Ian Hudghton sponsored part of the annual St Andrew's Day celebration at the European Parliament in Brussels,...
The SNP's Ian Hudghton has been re-elected president of the European Free Alliance Parliamentary Group in the European Parliament. Mr Hudghton - also President of the SNP - has led the group which inc...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has expressed concerns that a law passed today by the European Parliament could undermine the provision of social services in Scotland. The European Parliament voted in favour of...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has criticised the EU for failing to back new proposals to promote multilingualism across Europe. Mr Hudghton was responding to the result of a vote in the European Parliament to...
Miserable Failure Of CFP Must Not Be Emulated SNP President and Euro MP Ian Hudghton warned that a proposed EU marine environment directive must not emulate the disastrous failure of the Common Fishe...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has welcomed the announcement that there is to be a new European Commissioner responsible for multilingualism. The SNP President said that the post could lead to new opportunities...
Scottish National Party Euro-MP Ian Hudghton collected a consignment of shortbread from local bakers Kindness of New Deer on Friday 3 November at their bakery in New Deer, Aberdeenshire. The MEP visi...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton says threat of a complete ban on cod fishing in the North Sea are typical of the sort of tactics used up by the European Commission to dampen Scottish expectations in the run up t...
SNP President and Euro MP, Ian Hudghton received unanimous backing from his party in calling on Scotland to prepare a "comprehensive and robust response" to the EU's Maritime Strategy. The MEP's comme...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP was today celebrating a vote in the European Parliament which paves the way to giving "uisge beatha Albannach" - Scotch whisky in Gaelic - full recognition in EU law. T...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has renewed calls for the Common Fisheries Policy to be scrapped and for the European Commission to face up to the social and economic effects of its policies on fishing communiti...
The growing popularity of shark fin soup could be curtailed following a vote in the European Parliament backed by SNP MEP Ian Hudghton. Mr Hudghton - a member of the Parliament's Fisheries Committee -...
SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has criticised Labour and Conservative Euro-MPs for blocking attempts to force a public statement from the European Commission on the growing scandal of rotten...
SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has called on the European Commission to protect local services such as schools, health and social services from EU rules that could lead to privatisation. Mr...
The SNP is to back new European rules that could reduce the cost of using a mobile phone abroad by around 70%, which could represent savings of around fifty pence per minute depending on network opera...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today addressed the European Parliament and defended the branding of Scottish-made vodka. Mr Hudghton argued against the proposals which would mean that only vodka made...
MEP and SNP President, Ian Hudghton, has called for North Sea oil and gas to be given greater prominence in the current energy debates in Europe. Mr Hudghton made the call after meeting with John Con...
SNP President and Euro-MP Ian Hudghton is calling on the UK Government and Scottish Executive to better publicise new laws on child seats and child seat belts in cars which are due to come into force ...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton's suspicions that UK Government and Scottish Executive Ministers are to blame for threats posed to Scottish mince have been borne out. The MEP says he's learned from the European ...
"Coastal Communities Facing Similar Problems" SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today offered support for Canadian fishing communities who have experienced major social and economic challenges in recent...
Congratulations and best wishes were brought from the European Parliament to last Friday's 50th anniversary dinner of the Elgin Landshut Twinning Association by SNP MEP Ian Hudghton. Speaking after th...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP spent three days last week visiting communities in the Uists and Barra. Mr Hudghton, who speaks on fisheries in the European Parliament for the SNP, was accompanied by t...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has described this week's decision by Western Isles Council to cut fares for commercial freight on the Barra and Harris ferry routes as "great news" for the islands. The SNP Pres...
Ian Hudghton, SNP Member of the European Parliament is renewing his efforts to stop an advertising scam which, he says, has been "allowed to continue unchecked for far too long" and which has caused m...
Scottish National Party MEP, Ian Hudghton is meeting with members of the British Motorcyclists Federation in the European Parliament, Brussels, tomorrow, Tuesday 11 July. The meeting forms part of an ...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton says talk of the demise of Scottish mince is "premature" and that he's pledging to keep up the fight to retain one of Scotland's favourite foods. Responding to today's breaking n...
SNP President and Euro-MP Ian Hudghton described Finland - which this week takes over the EU's rotating Presidency for six months - as a positive example for Scotland. The SNP MEP was responding in a ...
SNP President and Euro-MP Ian Hudghton has welcomed this week's ruling by the European Parliament to allow people to communicate with the institution in Catalan, Basque or Galician and receive a reply...
SNP European Fisheries Spokesperson, Ian Hudghton MEP is demanding that the EU take "immediate action" to protect Scotland's salmon stocks from imports of diseased Norwegian fish. Concern is widesprea...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton is backing moves in the European Parliament to tighten-up legislation to protect workers from being infected through injuries from handling contaminated needles. It's estimated t...
"One size fits all maritime policy won't work" - Hudghton Commenting on today's publication by the European Commission of its proposed new Maritime Policy, SNP President and Member of the European Pa...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has expressed reservations about reported European Commission plans for celebrations of the European Union's fiftieth birthday in 2007. According to reports in Brussels, the Euro...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has given a broad welcome to new rules approved today by the European Parliament which are designed to increase the development of specialist medicines for children. Mr Hudghton ...
Calls For Stringent Monitoring Of Morocco Compliance Responding to today's vote in the European Parliament to approve a fisheries agreement between the EU and Morocco, SNP MEP Ian Hudghton expressed ...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed a new report which highlights the benefits for countries who become full members of the European Union. The European Commission this week published a report...
SNP MEP and Member of the European Parliament's Internal Market Committee Ian Hudghton has expressed concern at apparent EU efforts to meddle in the structure and organisation of professional football...
"Right To Self-Determination Must Be Upheld" SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today condemned a vote in the European Parliament which opens the door to illegal exploitation of the occupied territory of...
SNP Member of the European Parliament Ian Hudghton says he is "astonished" by the UK Government's failure to implement an EU Directive brought in to minimise heat loss from buildings. Mr Hudghton resp...
"Scottish Executive Bag-Carriers" Snub Scottish Executive ministers were today labelled "bagcarriers" by Brian Adam MSP after a parliamentary written answer revealed that they are no longer being all...
Vote On Key Service Liberalisation Law Descends Into Farce Responding to today's vote in the European Parliament on the controversial Services Directive, SNP MEP Ian Hudghton criticised the outcome a...
"European Parliament Must Give Support To Key Scottish Body" SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has called for a key Scottish body to be protected from a threat posed by a proposed new EU law. The Scott...
SNP President, Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed the "common sense" approach taken by the European Parliament today, Tuesday 14 February, on protecting workers' from optical radiation. The Ory Report, at...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today (Tuesday) welcomed a vote in the European Parliament plenary session which gave full support to the SNP position on retention of the Shetland Box, an area of prote...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed the decisive backing of MEPs from across Europe today in fighting off proposals that would have been hugely detrimental to Scotland's whisky industry. Euro...
Strong Support For Shetland Box SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today welcomed a vote in the European Parliament which saw powerful backing for Scotland's fishermen. The vote in the Parliament's Fishe...