http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Liberal Democrats en-GB West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Liberal Democrats http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T16:12+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/articles/000004/november_2008.html November has been an interesting month for parliamentary business, with issues such as cormorants and whaling, on which there are differing opinions, coming up in the Fisheries Committee and further discussions on the idea of territorial cohesion in the Regional Development one. It is too soon to say exactly what the latter will mean for Scotland but it is clear that the Commission makes special note of the situation of the mountainous areas, islands and remote and sparsely populated regions. 2008-11-28T00:00+00:00 http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/articles/000003/october_2008.html October certainly turned out to be a month of contrasts. It started during a Fisheries Committee visit to some Greek islands and finished with one to Iceland. The contrasts were not just ones of temperature, although those were certainly noticeable enough! 2008-10-29T00:00+00:00 http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/articles/000002/time_is_now_for_action_on_human_trafficking.html Elspeth Attwooll MEP is calling on all political institutions to work together to combat the multi-billion pound trade in human trafficking, which includes the sale of two million children into slave labour and prostitution each year. 2008-10-18T00:00+01:00 http://www.waklibdems.org.uk/articles/000001/column_september_2008.html September has been an unusual month as, normally, we would expect to go to Strasbourg twice. Instead we have held both of our plenary (or full) sessions in Brussels. Although repairs have now been done to the ceiling in the Strasbourg debating chamber, other rooms are of similar construction. So a thorough safety check is being insisted on before we return. 2008-09-28T00:00+01:00