Archive for 2012
Thursday, May 17th, 2012 |
News
17 May 2012 - Keith will be marking today's International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia with the UK launch in Brighton tomorrow, 17th May, of a European film.
Posted in Human Rights |
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 |
News
14 May 2012 - Keith is recruiting a stagiaire (paid intern) to work in his Brussels office from September 2012.
Posted in Animal Rights, Environment & Health, Food & Farming, Green Economics, Human Rights, International Trade & Development, Peace & Anti Nuclear, Transport & Aviation |
Thursday, May 10th, 2012 |
News
10 May 2012 - Keith has written to local newspapers and given a radio interview to highlight his concerns that many pig farms in other EU countries are not ready for the new sow stall ban which comes into place next year.
Posted in Animal Rights, Food & Farming |
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 |
News
9 May 2012 - Ahead of World Fair Trade Day this Saturday, Keith has called on chocolate companies to end the use of child labour in cocoa plantations around the world and urged consumers to buy Fairtrade chocolate.
Posted in Food & Farming, Green Economics, Human Rights, International Trade & Development |
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 |
Correspondence
Letter to the President of Cameroon on the massacre of elephants in Bouba N’djida National Park
Response from the Commission
Letter to [...]
Posted in Animal Rights |
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 |
News
2 May 2012 - Keith is visiting Hampshire food producers and sitting down to a locally-sourced Hampshire school dinner to commend Hampshire County Council for its local and high animal welfare food procurement policy.
Posted in Environment & Health, Food & Farming |
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 |
Correspondence
Letter to Commissioner Ashton on Balwant Singh and death penalty in India
Response
Letter to Commissioner Ashton on Gao Zhisheng and human rights [...]
Posted in Human Rights |
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 |
News
1 May 2012 - Keith awards Reading pub The Jolly Anglers with a Community Pub Award from the British Pub and Beer Group in the European Parliament.
Posted in Green Economics |
Monday, April 30th, 2012 |
News
30 April 2012 - Keith will be in Shoreham today meeting local business owners and supporting Green campaigners who are concerned about the proposal to build a new supermarket on the Civic Centre site.
Posted in Environment & Health, Green Economics |
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 |
Correspondence
Letter to Representatives of the Russian Federation congratulating Russia’s Ban on harp seal trade
Letter to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment [...]
Posted in Animal Rights |
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 |
News
24 April 2012 - Today, Keith and fellow Green MEPs met with three petitioners from Bulgaria to discuss their petition against the exploration and extraction of shale gas.
Posted in Environment & Health |
Monday, April 23rd, 2012 |
News
23 April 2012 - Keith's letter to The Independent about the government's report into the effects of fracking, published last week, was published in Saturday's paper.
Posted in Environment & Health, Green Economics |
Thursday, April 19th, 2012 |
News
19 April 2012 - Today Keith tabled amendments to strengthen an opinion in the Parliament's Petitions Committee (PETI) on the European Commission's proposed Animal Welfare Strategy until 2015.
Posted in Animal Rights, Food & Farming |
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 |
News
17 April 2012 - Keith Taylor, Green MEP for the South East, has responded to a new report on fracking which was published earlier today.
Posted in Environment & Health, Green Economics |
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 |
News
12 April 2012 - Read Keith's letter to the Dorking Advertiser about plans to build a new luxury golf course in an area of Surrey which is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Posted in Environment & Health, Green Economics |
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 |
News
10 April 2012 - Keith has responded to the government's new planning policy, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
Posted in Environment & Health, Green Economics |
Thursday, April 5th, 2012 |
News
5 April 2012 - Keith Taylor, the Green MEP for Kent and the South East, will be joining Maidstone residents later today to call for lower speed limits on Upper Fant Road.
Posted in Transport & Aviation |
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 |
News
4 April 2012 - Keith Taylor, the Green MEP for Berkshire and the South East, will join local campaigners this afternoon to stage a campaign stunt to protest against unfair rail fare increases for commuters and train travellers.
Posted in Transport & Aviation |
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 |
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3 April 2012 - Keith Taylor, the Green MEP for Oxfordshire and the South East will visit the Lye Valley nature reserve today to meet with campaigners and highlight a possible threat to Oxford’s ‘green lung’.
Posted in Environment & Health |
Monday, April 2nd, 2012 |
News
2 April 2012 - Earlier today Keith Taylor, the Green MEP for Sussex and the South East, visited an organic free range egg farm in Sussex to call for an end to the use of battery cages in the UK.
Posted in Animal Rights, Food & Farming |
