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SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today (Wednesday) reacted to the European Commission proposals to reduce the days at sea allocated to Scottish fishing boats. The threat comes in the Commission's annual...
The vote on a report on the role of sport in education highlighted the benefits of sports in terms of health and fitness, social inclusion and community cohesion. Mr Hudghton noted recent Scottish spo...
Speaking in today's debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the new EU Treaty agreed at the Lisbon Summit last week, SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton criticised the UK Government fo...
Scotland "Beating Heart of Europe" SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today (Thursday) welcomed the publication of proposals for an integrated EU maritime policy and highlighted the key role that Scotlan...
Dundee West MSP Joe FitzPatrick and SNP MEP Ian Hudghton have called for an end to the barbaric practice of shark finning at the start of European Shark Week. Shark finning although outlawed in the E...
MEPs from the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru have expressed their deep concern at the European Commission's failure to suspend a contract with Total Oil in the light of the company's operatio...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton, President of the Scottish National Party, has welcomed a call by the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) for Scotland to take the lead role in fisheries negotiations with the E...
In light of recent toy recalls from products produced in China, SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP, a member of the Internal Market & Consumer Protection Committee, has declared his support for an urg...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP met with NFU Scotland President Jim McLaren and Chief Executive Andy Robertson, during their visit to Brussels, to discuss a range of EU issues that will be impacting on...
SNP President and MEP Ian Hudghton has described comments by a Labour MEP regarding a meeting between Scotland's First Minister and EU Commissioner Joe Borg as 'thoroughly bizarre and mistaken'. Both...
SNP President and Euro-MP Ian Hudghton is backing a Europe wide ban on cruel and unnecessary scientific experiments on certain types of animals. The European Commission is in the process of reviewing...
SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton will be embarking on his annual surgery tour of Kincardineshire towns next week. Mr Hudghton will be visiting local towns in his mobile office to allow constituents who may wi...
SNP MEPs Ian Hudghton and Alyn Smith are backing moves to review the current restrictions on the quantity of liquids passengers are allowed to carry on board aircraft in the EU. Both MEPs voted in fa...
Hudghton Highlights Innovative Scheme SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today (Monday) paid tribute in the European Parliament to the joint efforts of the Scottish fishing industry and the Scottish gove...
"Disabled passengers trying to book a Ryanair flight have to phone a premium rate phone number - when other passengers can book by phone at the standard rate," says Scottish MEP Ian Hudghton who has t...
SNP President, Ian Hudghton MEP, was among a group of Scottish and Commonwealth dignitaries who attended the unveiling of a Celtic cross memorial in honour of those Scottish soldiers who fought and di...
SNP President, Ian Hudghton MEP, has expressed his delight that a committee of EU vets has resolved to lift the EU export ban on livestock, meat and dairy products, imposed after the recent foot and m...
SNP President and local MEP Ian Hudghton has welcomed the return of The Open to Carnoustie. Commenting after a day at the venue, Mr Hudghton said, "This event is a worldwide showcase for all that Ang...
SNP President and Member of the European Parliament, Mr Ian Hudghton, yesterday [Sunday] laid a commemorative wreath at the memorial to those in McRae's Battalion who died in the battlefields of the S...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today [Saturday] welcomed a week in which Scotland's Government has taken an active role on the European stage. Mr Hudghton joined First Minister Alex Salmond in Bru...
The European Parliament is today (Wednesday) backing proposals for a European Maritime policy. The move has been given a cautious welcome by SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP who warned that to be a succ...
SNP President, Ian Hudghton MEP, has condemned the banning of traditional barometers and measuring devices after a vote in the European Parliament today. Proposals were passed today to ban traditiona...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed the Scottish Government's recommendation that Angus be included in the EU Structural Funds for Lowlands and Uplands Scotland programme for 2007-2013. Mr Hud...
MEP and SNP President, Ian Hudghton, has welcomed refurbishment plans for trains across the Highlands. As part of a £9m cash injection from Transport Scotland, a fleet of class 158 trains will be upgr...
North East-based MEP and SNP President, Ian Hudghton, has welcomed the success of Aberdeen Harbour after a report revealed the port increased activity and contributed more than £400 million to the Nor...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has welcomed a new member to the European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament. Mikel Irujo is elected to the European Parliament from the Basque Social Democrat Party E...
SNP President, Ian Hudghton MEP, has welcomed a petition by the Scottish Beef Cattle Association to ban cheap Brazilian beef imports to the EU. Mr Hudghton, who has been approached by North East cons...
Hudghton Set For a Grilling From Pupils North East-based MEP, Ian Hudghton, will be visiting Aberdeen's St Peter's RC Primary School on Thursday 21 June 2007. Mr Hudghton is set to be grilled by the...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today (Tuesday) voted in favour of amended European rules on spirit labelling that will allow Scottish spirit producers to continue making and selling vodka. The Europe...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed today's vote in the European Parliament on new rules for spirit labelling as an important step in achieving a secure future for the Scotch Whisky industry. ...
"Parliament Must Recognise Scotland National Team" SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has called on MEPs of all parties to vote in favour of giving recognition to the continued existence of Scottish foot...
SNP MEP, Ian Hudghton, has issued a warning to the Scottish business community to be vigilant against European-wide advertising scams. The rip-offs, such as the European City Guide, offer free Europe...
SNP Member of the European Parliament, Mr Ian Hudghton, today [Monday] welcomed pupils from Blairgowrie High School to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The Blairgowrie pupils are in Strasbourg a...
SNP President and MEP, Ian Hudghton, who is also a representative of the European Parliament's Transport Committee has added his support for a new year-round ferry link between Scotland and Norway. M...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton is backing new European rules to improve transport safety which its estimated could save up to 1,200 lives between now and 2020. In Brussels today (Thursday) the SNP President vo...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP today (Wednesday) welcomed an announcement by the European Commission that it is initiating a consultation on eliminating discards in European fisheries. At present, hun...
MEPs from the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru will unveil a poster highlighting their opposition to replacing the UK's Trident nuclear weapons programme. They will be available for interview a...
Ian Hudghton MEP says he was "deeply saddened" to hear that the Maltese government has decided to allow the spring bird hunt to go ahead this year. This is in spite of infringement proceedings brought...
Commenting on the European Commission's proposal for minimum penalties for environmental pollution across the EU, SNP President and Euro-MP Ian Hudghton broadly welcomed the plans as 'a step towards a...
Hudghton Joins Brussels Committee SNP MEP, Ian Hudghton, has been appointed as a member of the European Parliament's influential Transport and Tourism Committee. Mr Hudghton, who is also President o...
SNP President and Euro-MP Ian Hudghton has expressed concern that moves to impose a single 112 emergency number across the EU could signal the end of the familiar 999 number. An earlier European dire...
Dundee East MSP, Shona Robison and SNP President, Ian Hudghton MEP met with staff representatives from the Language School of Dundee University to hear their concerns about the proposed staff cuts at ...
European proposals to tackle childhood obesity and unhealthy diets have been welcomed by SNP MEPs Ian Hudghton and Alyn Smith. In Brussels today the SNP MEPs voted in favour of a European Commission a...
"Scotland's Farmers and Consumers Deserve Better." SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has given his backing to Scots farmers' leaders who were in Brussels this week to press the European Commission for a...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has pledged to fight moves in the European Parliament this week, which threaten the continued existence of national football associations and national teams. A parliamen...
SNP MEP Ian Hudghton is backing European proposals that will make it easier for cyclists and wheelchair users to use trains across the continent. The European Parliament is set to vote this week (Thu...
A picture of the Isle of Barra, taken by SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP, has been included in the prestigious calendar for 2007 produced by the Brussels based Parliament Magazine. The photograph of H...
SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed a new initiative that allows the Irish language to be used in the European Parliament. Irish became an official working language of the European Union on 1 ...