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• 10 December 2013: CFP REFORM PASSES FINAL HURDLE
  

  Vote Tainted By Labour-Liberal Attack On Scottish Fleet SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Tuesday) welcomed the European Parliament's final approval of a reformed Common Fisheries Policy whic...

• 29 July 2013: EURO-MP HUDGHTON EMBARKS ON NORTH-EAST SURGERY TOUR
  

  SNP Euro-MP Ian Hudghton will be embarking on his annual surgery tour of North-east towns and villages next week. Mr Hudghton will be visiting local communities in his Mobile Office on Friday 9 August...

• 29 July 2013: SNP AIM FOR EURO-ELECTION SUCCESS
  

  The Scottish National Party announced the result of the ballot of members to rank its six candidates for the European Parliament election, expected to be held on 22 May next year. Members could vote ...

• 10 July 2013: ANGER AS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR NEW FISHING ARMADA
  

  "Scottish Fleet's Efforts Count For Nothing" SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Wednesday) expressed extreme disappointment after a committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of taxp...

• 18 June 2013: SNP WELCOMES UNANIMOUS BACKING FOR INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE TREATY
  

  SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Tuesday) welcomed a vote in the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee on a parliamentary opinion he had drafted on the Nagoya Protocol. The Nagoya Protoc...

• 06 June 2013: EU MEASURES TO TACKLE TOBACCO SMUGGLING CAN HELP SCOTLAND
  

  SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed a new package of measures adopted by the European Commission today to tackle the illicit tobacco trade. This trade is said to cost EU countries around ten ...

• 28 May 2013: CFP REFORM BATTLE ENTERS CRITICAL STAGE
  

  "Failure To Reform Would Be a Disaster" - SNP SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Tuesday) reiterated the case for substantial reform of the Common Fisheries Policy as EU negotiations reach a c...

• 13 May 2013: SNP WELCOMES EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN ON ATLANTIC COOPERATION
  

  "Scotland Has Much To Gain And To Contribute" SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Monday) welcomed the publication of an EU action plan aimed at revitalising the marine economies of Europe's At...

• 15 April 2013: SNP MEP CALLS FOR MACKEREL MEDIATION
  

  SNP President and MEP Ian Hudghton has intervened in the dispute between the EU and Iceland over mackerel fishing quotas in the North Atlantic. Since 2010, Iceland has unilaterally imposed quotas for...

• 12 April 2013: ALL OVER BUS ADVERTISING FIGHT MOVES TO BRUSSELS
  

  A long running campaign by disability groups on advertising on bus windows has moved to Brussels following an intervention by Scotland MEP Ian Hudghton. The Disability Advisory Group in Aberdeen have...

• 05 April 2013: HUDGHTON CALLS FOR GAS PRICE INVESTIGATION
  

  MEP and SNP President Ian Hudghton has today called for an investigation by the European Commission into the household gas market. Mr Hudghton has asked the European Commission to investigate the UK ...

• 06 February 2013: SNP WELCOMES PARLIAMENT VOTE ON CFP REFORM
  

  Negotiations With Council Of Ministers Now Critical SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Wednesday) welcomed a key vote in the European Parliament as an important step on the road to CFP Reform....

• 31 January 2013: HUDGHTON PREVIEWS CFP REFORM DEBATE AND VOTE
  

  SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has commented on the crucial first-reading debate and vote on reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. MEPs will gather in Strasbourg to consider the Rodust report, as ...