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Sun Sep 07, 2008 
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Plaid MEP wants EU ban on food from cloned animals |
Plaid MEP Jill Evans is calling for a ban on food produced from cloned animals being sold to the public. The need for a ban is all the more urgent since some experts are predicting these kinds of products could reach European markets by 2010.
Now MEPs want the European Commission to ban the cloning of animals for food supply, as well the import of cloned animals or their offspring to the EU in order to make sure they are kept out of the food chain. The European Parliament has voted in favour of a motion supporting a ban, which is backed by Ms Evans.
The Plaid MEP said:
"There is overwhelming political and public support for a ban on food from cloned animals. The European Commission must listen and it must act soon if we are keep meat from cloned animal .... |
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Wed Aug 27, 2008
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Olympic stars honoured at Senedd event |
Chris Franks AM met Welsh Olympic stars at a special event at the Senedd.
He congratulated Nicole Cooke from Wick on her gold medal in the Olympics and met fellow former St Cyres, Penarth pupil David Davies from Barry who won a silver medal at the Beijing games.
The AM hopes the Olympic success will spur others to take up sport and for some to represent Wales on an international stage.
Plaid AM Chris Franks said:
"We can be proud of these Welsh men and women who have put Wales on the .... |
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Fri Aug 22, 2008
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Plaid selects candidate for the Cynon Valley |
A former Chief Executive of Plaid Cymru, Dr Dafydd Trystan Davies, has been selected as the party’s parliamentary candidate for the Cynon Valley.
A former university lecturer and broadcaster, he is now development manager for Welsh-medium higher education throughout Wales.
He said: “I am very honoured to be chosen as Plaid’s candidate for the next general election in my .... |
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Wed Aug 20, 2008
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Plaid welcomes more Olympic success |
Plaid Cymru Minister for sport Alun Ffred Jones has today welcomed yet another Welsh Gold at the Olympics with cyclist Geraint Thomas joining Nicole Cooke and Tom James as the third Welsh gold Medallist.
Alun Ffred Jones commented:
"What a marvellous performance by Geraint Thomas and the British cycling pursuit team to secure the Gold medal. To break the world record in .... |
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Fri Aug 15, 2008
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Plaid welcomes exam success |
Plaid Cymru Education spokesperson Janet Ryder today congratulated A and AS level students on their results. Ms Ryder welcomed the overall improved results, particularly the fact that the overall pass rate in Wales was higher than that of Britain as a whole.
North Wales AM Janet Ryder commented:
"I would like to congratulate all of the hard working students who have rece .... |
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Tue Aug 05, 2008
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Plaid welcome Eisteddfod to Cardiff |
The Plaid Cymru Culture Minister Alun Ffred Jones and Cardiff Council’s Deputy Leader Neil McEvoy today welcomed the National Eisteddfod to Cardiff.
This is the first time for the Eisteddfod to visit the capital city in thirty years. The Eisteddfod is expecting over 150,000 people to attend the event between Saturday the 2nd of August and Saturday the 9th of August.
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Mon Aug 04, 2008
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Plaid demands adequate Welsh language |
As the Eisteddfod opened in Cardiff today, Plaid Cymru launched a petition calling on a government department to safeguard its Welsh language provision. Plaid Cymru is concerned that plans by HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) to downgrade offices in Wales will ultimately mean a reduction in Welsh language provision.
Launching the petition on the Eisteddfod field, .... |
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Fri Aug 01, 2008
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Minimum wage not protected by UK government |
ALMOST 800 Welsh businesses have been caught failing to pay the minimum wage over the last six years – but not a single one has been prosecuted, Plaid Cymru has discovered.
Shock figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Plaid’s South Wales Central AM Leanne Wood also reveal that there are just EIGHT enforcement staff in the whole of Wales making sure firms pay the mi .... |
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Sun Jul 27, 2008
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Plaid welcomes Glasgow East “earthquake” |
Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has today sent his party's congratulations to the SNP following their historical by-election victory in Glasgow East.
A swing of 22.5% from Labour enabled the SNP to overturn a majority of 13,507. With a majority of 365 votes, new SNP MP John Mason will now become the 10th member of the SNP-Plaid group in Westminster.
Ieuan Wyn Jones:
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Sun Jul 27, 2008
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Welsh laws should be made in Wales |
Plaid Cymru MP for Caernarfon, Hywel Williams, reiterated his party's call for a referendum on giving the Welsh Assembly full law making powers. Commenting on a report published by the Welsh Affair Committee on the subject of Legislative Competence Orders, Mr Williams said that the only real and practical solution is for Welsh laws to be made in Wales.
Mr Williams, who is a mem .... |
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Tue Jul 22, 2008
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The environment, rural Wales and our culture |
On the eve of the Royal Welsh Show, Plaid Cymru President Dafydd Iwan has made a strong defence of the farming industry, saying that our network of family farms in Wales is a tremendous asset in protecting our natural environment, rural communities, and our language and culture.
Dafydd Iwan said: " The mistake often made by politicians is to measure the value of agriculture like ot .... |
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Tue Jul 15, 2008
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'Regional Pay' condemned by Plaid |
Plaid Cymru has tabled a statement of opinion in the National Assembly condemning inconsistent pay levels implemented by UK Government departments.
Plaid says there is a lack of fairness when it comes to ‘regional’ pay levels for public servants.
Plaid AM, and Chair of the Cross-Party Group for the Public and Commercial Services Union Leanne Wood said:
“It is .... |
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Tue Jul 15, 2008
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MEP intervenes in deportation case |
Plaid MEP Jill Evans has intervened in the case of a Nigerian born woman from Cardiff who faces deportation. Ms Evans is writing to Home Secretary Jackie Smith asking for the deportation to be stopped on compassionate grounds given that Kemi Ayinde is a victim of people trafficking and is heavily pregnant.
Ms Evans is supporting the No Borders Wales campaign to halt the deportation and .... |
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