Paul Rowen MP, Liberal Democrat Health and Safety spokesperson, has welcomed a recent report by the BBC into the risks of asbestos in schools. The BBC report highlights the dangers asbestos poses to pupils and staff if it is not managed correctly. A survey carried out showed that around one in five local authorities in England currently have unsatisfactory management of asbestos in their schools.
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Over the summer Surrey County Council (SCC) sent a letter to Moormede residents announcing preliminary plans to introduce a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in the estate.
Ahead of World Aids Day (1st Dec), a Lib Dem MEP has warned that the prices of AIDS medicines are on the rise again and called for the creation of a patent pool that would help make treatment more affordable and effective for patients suffering from the disease. Fiona Hall MEP has signed a written declaration in the European Parliament calling on governments to support steps taken by UNITAID, an international drug purchasing facility, to create a voluntary patent pool for AIDS medication. The aim is to get different patent-holders to make their patents and other relevant intellectual property available to others, in exchange for royalties from those who use the patents. It is hoped that the patent pool will lower monopoly-related barriers to innovation, accelerate the availability of lower-priced new medicines and reduce the transaction costs of negotiating licences.
On Wednesday 25th November the Priory School invited our PPC Nigel Quinton to a school politics debate. While Nigel represented the Liberal Democrats, chair of governors Charles Lacey spoke from a Tory perspective and headmaster Peter Loach spoke from a Labour party perspective.
Wolverhampton's Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne has launched a new bid in the European Parliament to step up action against human trafficking gangs and to protect the victims of the modern day slave trade.