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News from MEP Neil Parish (Conservative)

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  Incandescent bulb ban may be too early

  Published: Wed, 07/01/2009 15:04

  A blanket ban on incandescent light bulbs is not yet practical on human health grounds, Conservative MEP for the
  West Country, Neil Parish reiterated today after the Migraine Action Association warned people could suffer attacks because of the bulb's flicker rate, and major DIY stores reported they had already sold out of 100-Watt bulbs.

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  Brussels annual fish haggle begins

  Published: Thu, 18/12/2008 15:03

  Whitefish and herring fishermen are bracing themselves for their annual dose of bad news, as EU fisheries ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the quotas for 2009.

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  MEP Neil Parish demands action on small business scams

  Published: Sat, 08/11/2008 13:25

  Business directory mis-selling causes misery
  

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  Mugabe spoil tactics must end.

  Published: Wed, 22/10/2008 19:48

  Local West Country MEP Neil Parish, has called on Robert Mugabe to end his spoil tactics and to properly share power with Morgan Tsvangirai after it emerged that Mr Tsvangirai,

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  Gordon Brown rewards one set of failures, but belatedly tackles another

  Published: Tue, 07/10/2008 09:48

  The Prime Minister has rewarded one set of failures by returning Margaret Beckett and Nick Brown to government, whilst finally recognising that DEFRA was unfit for purpose and restoring separate ministries for rural affairs and climate change, Neil Parish MEP, Conservative chairman of the European Parliament's agriculture committee, said today.
  

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  West Country wines are corkingly good!

  Published: Fri, 26/09/2008 13:11

  After persuading the European Union not to include Britain's vineyards in the EU wine policy, a move which would have meant a ban on future plantings in the UK, local Conservative MEP Neil Parish recently visited Yearlstone Vineyard, a thriving Devonian vineyard.

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  Meat comments give MEP the rump

  Published: Wed, 10/09/2008 11:17

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  Sheep farmers will be fleeced by EU tagging plans

  Published: Tue, 02/09/2008 09:48

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  "The soil directive should be buried"

  Published: Thu, 17/07/2008 10:06

  ... according to Conservative MEP Neil Parish after it emerged that the French Presidency plans to bring it back before the Council of Ministers before the end of the year.

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  MEP attacks France's address as Sarkosy offers a French vision for the EU

  Published: Sun, 13/07/2008 00:36

  MEP Neil Parish has condemned the French President, Nicholas Sarkozy for using France's Presidency of the EU to push forward France's own agenda.

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  A call for VAT cuts to help support the high street

  Published: Wed, 09/07/2008 13:03

  new proposals were released by the European Commission to allow cuts in VAT on labour intensive and locally-provided services.

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