More action needed for children with cancer
This week I hosted an event in the European Parliament to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. Every year around 1,500 children are diagnosed with cancer in the UK, and around 15,000 across the whole...
View ArticleStopping loopholes for advertising of formula milk
Every parent wants their child to have the best possible start in life. We all know that the nutrition that babies receive in their first months and years is crucial for their growth and development,...
View ArticleThe darker side of chocolate
Whether or not our waistbands agree with it, we all enjoy a bit of chocolate every now and then. However, we probably often forget how it is made and how it reaches us. The truth is that even your...
View ArticleWatch this video to see how children react to cigarette packaging
Surely it’s time to stop attractive, branded cigarettes. This is something I will be trying to do when we revise the Tobacco Products Directive.
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Claim European milk subsidy – Labour MEP call
An East Midlands MEP is calling on the government to look again at claiming the European milk subsidy for under-fives. Glenis Willmott believes that the present review of the European school milk...
View ArticleFighting “bubble boy” disease
A campaign to prevent a significant number of baby deaths will reach an important new stage this Thursday in Brussels, when the issue of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) is debated officially...
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Smoking – Labour MEPs vote to protect children
Labour MEPs voted yesterday for a raft of proposals aimed at protecting children from being targeted by tobacco companies. The measures include graphic warnings to cover 65 per cent of cigarette...
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Tories starve East Midlands’ food banks of millions in EU aid
Tory MEPs have voted against EU aid for the East Midlands’ poorest people, denying food banks millions of pounds. The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly this week to endorse the Fund for European...
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Labour MEPs vote to save children from deadly addiction to tobacco
Labour MEPs voted last week for measures that will save children from taking up smoking and becoming addicted to tobacco. The measures would bring in larger picture warnings covering two-thirds of each...
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“Maternity leave is a right not a luxury” says local MEP
Ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow, Glenis Willmott MEP has demanded better maternity leave and pay for women at an EU level. Critical EU legislation is at risk of being scrapped if...
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Local MEP demands that research into childhood cancer is a priority
A local MEP has called for fighting childhood cancer to be a priority in Europe. Glenis Willmott MEP chaired a workshop in the European Parliament on Tuesday to discuss the availability of treatments...
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