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		<title>EU rule breakers left with egg on their faces over battery hens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tameside Lib Dem Euro-MP Chris Davies has received a personal assurance from the European Commission that countries which do not comply with new welfare rules for laying hens will be closely investigated and, if appropriate, taken to court. Under intense political pressure from Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament, the Commission confirmed its commitment to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuttall insults war dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UKIP chairman Paul Nuttall has been accused of insulting the memory of those who fought for freedom in two world wars by describing the EU symbol as &#8220;a flag of occupation.&#8221; Chris Davies, the Liberal Democrat MEP who represents the same North West region in the European Parliament, claimed that the words amounted to xenophobia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tameside MEP pushes for peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Davies, Tameside&#8217;s Lib Dem MEP who met with the father of Gilad Shalit to discuss prospects for his release, has welcomed the return home of the Israeli soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas. Chris says that Israel&#8217;s decision to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners opens a prospect for progress towards Middle East peace that must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phone costs down!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[British residents travelling elsewhere in Europe this summer will find the cost of using their mobile telephones further reduced from this month. An EU law has forced telephone operators to drop the &#8216;roaming charges&#8217; incurred when making or receiving calls by 60% compared to the pre-2009 average. The maximum price for outgoing calls is cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bumblebee motorways could be key to flowery future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Tameside Euro-MP is calling for a national network of flower filled “rivers” to be introduced across the UK in an effort to preserve vital insects for future generations. Many plants reproduce by bumblebees and other insects carrying pollen from plant to plant and a recent dramatic decline in the number of bugs could endanger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Die in Tameside not Zurich,&#8221; says MEP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 14:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lib Dem Euro-MP Chris Davies says that people seeking medical help to die should be able to do so at home in Tameside and not be forced to travel to Zurich. Liberal Democrat Chris Davies has welcomed the result of a referendum in Switzerland rejecting a proposed ban on foreigners taking advantage of the country&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local MEP calls for Arrest Warrant changes</title>
		<link>http://www.tamesidelibdems.org.uk/news/415/local-mep-calls-for-arrest-warrant-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tameside&#8217;s Lib Dem Euro-MP is backing a call for changes to the European Arrest Warrant. A report from the European Commission urges EU countries to stop using the warrant for petty crimes such as bicycle theft.  The result has been a huge increase in the number of arrest warrants issued &#8211; currently 1,000 a month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Tameside MEP Den Dover could face jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Den Dover, the former Tameside Conservative MEP, has been ordered to pay back £345,289 to the European Parliament and could now face prosecution for fraud. The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg today dismissed attempts by Dover to avoid repayment of the money that the European Parliament stated was wrongly claimed between 1999 and 2008. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK signs up to fight human trafficking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police forces across Europe will have more power to crack down on human traffickers after the UK signed up to support tougher measures today.  Tameside&#8217;s Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies, who has campaigned for the UK to sign up to the new anti-trafficking directive, said: &#8220;The UK has long been a leader in the fight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Save Our Fish&#8217; Group Formed</title>
		<link>http://www.tamesidelibdems.org.uk/news/321/save-our-fish-group-formed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cross-party campaign group of European MPs has been formed to prevent the &#8220;hijack&#8221; of plans for radical reform of EU fisheries policies. Tameside Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies took the initiative to create the &#8216;Fish for the Future&#8217; group. He says its objective is to ensure that there are more fish in the sea [...]]]></description>
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