Moormede Controlled Parking Zone Survey Analysis
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.
29 Nov 2009
National News
MEP calls for patent pool ahead of World AIDS Day
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.
29 Nov 2009
Priory School - The Great Political Debate
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.
29 Nov 2009
MEPs launch new bid to protect victims of modern slave trade
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.
29 Nov 2009
Johnson's refusal to prevent McKinnon extradition appalling - Huhne
Commenting on Alan Johnson's refusal to block the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the US on medical grounds, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said "It is appalling that this Government places a higher value on a deeply unfair extradition agreement than it does on the welfare of a British citizen."
28 Nov 2009
Our Gracie
Finchley and Golders Green Residents' Forum is always a good place to start the week. Last Monday's meeting was better attended than usual. The Council suggested that the good turn out was because of the promise of consultation on the Council's budget and the Council's new planning document "Direction of Travel".
CJC
28 Nov 2009