http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from George Lyon - Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland en-GB George Lyon - Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 George Lyon - Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland 2010-03-16T14:00+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000108/lyon_longannet_takes_next_step_in_reaching_ccs_potential.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has welcomed the news that Longannet Power Station in Fife has been selected as one of the UK's two sites for development of carbon capture and storage technology (CCS). 2010-03-12T17:21+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000107/lyon_mep_defection_to_lib_dems_calamity_for_cameron.html Commenting on the defection of the Conservatives most senior MEP to the Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland said: 2010-03-12T16:55+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000106/lyon_welcomes_uk_government_calls_for_new_lfa_criteria.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has welcomed a report published by the UK Government on future support for Less Favoured Areas (LFA) that calls for field capacity criteria to be included in the new scheme . 2010-03-10T12:29+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000104/lyon_slams_snp_culture_of_secrecy_in_europe.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has slammed the SNP's "culture of secrecy" over the work of the Scottish Government in Brussels. 2010-03-06T00:00+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000105/fair_food_chain_needs_regulator_with_teeth__lyon.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has called for the establishment of a supermarket regulator that can root out bad practices in the food chain. 2010-03-05T00:00+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000103/boost_to_scottish_dairy_farmers_welcomed_by_lyon.html Commenting the announcement by the Scottish Government on how £2.5 million of European funding will be made available to Scottish dairy farmers, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland George Lyon said: 2010-03-04T13:48+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000102/lyon_launches_cap_discussion_in_european_parliament.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has published his working document on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which is designed to provoke discussion on some of the key questions facing the industry. 2010-03-02T16:52+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000101/lyon_cap_reform_debate_must_shift_focus.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has voiced his concern that the debate on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is in danger of descending into divisiveness. 2010-03-01T13:19+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000100/lyon_to_back_scottish_fishermen_in_key_cfp_vote.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has guaranteed his support for Scottish fishermen as the European Parliament votes on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). 2010-02-24T00:00+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000099/lyon_meets_highland_council_convenor_in_brussels_at_new_rural_committee.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has met with Cllr Sandy Park of Highland Council in Brussels as Cllr Park attended his first meeting at the Committee of the Regions (CoR) following nomination by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). 2010-02-23T17:25+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000098/penalties_must_be_applied_in_proportionate_manner__lyon.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has put down amendments to the CAP Simplification Report currently going through the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee to ensure that the criteria and penalties for non-compliance are applied in a proportionate manner. 2010-02-22T14:47+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000097/lyon_to_discuss_eid_penalty_moratorium_with_agriculture_coordinators.html Commenting on calls from the NFU for a moratorium on penalising farmers who breach the sheep identification rules, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland George Lyon said: 2010-02-17T00:00+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000095/shot_across_bow_of_eu_commission_after_fish_quota_error__lyon.html Commenting on the EU Ombudsman's ruling that the European Commission made an administrative error which cut the amount of time Clyde Fishermen could spend at sea, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland George Lyon said: 2010-02-12T15:26+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000096/lyon_votes_against_one_way_transfer_of_financial_transactions_to_us_authorities.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has voted in the European Parliament to block attempts to transfer confidential information about EU citizens' financial transactions to US counter-terrorism authorities. 2010-02-11T11:41+00:00 http://www.georgelyon.org.uk/news/000094/enforcement_key_to_animal_transport_rules__lyon.html George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, will lay a number of key amendments to the Animal Welfare report currently before the European Agriculture Committee as the European Parliament meets in Strasbourg this week. 2010-02-09T10:58+00:00