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WHAT HAPPENED ON 23th January 2001?
22nd January 2001
GM CROP TRIALS HAVE "LEGITIMATE" ROLE
A Parliament report has said GM crop farm trials have a legitimate role to play in the development the technology. The Environment Committee's inquiry was prompted by a petition from Friends of the Earth which called for Parliament to ban GM crop trials altogether. It said a ban would contravene European directives but said it was concerned about thousands of acres sewn last year with GM contaminated seed. There was surprise at the lack of plans for dealing with such an incident.
23th January 2001
FEARS RAISED OVER EC PLANS FOR FOOTBALL
Up to 10 football league clubs in Scotland could go bankrupt within five years if the present transfer system is abolished a Scottish MP has warned. Labour MP for Eastwood Jim Murphy is to use a special debate at Westminster to outline the dangers of European plans. The European Commission wants football players to have the same rights as other workers including being able to end a contract by giving notice. Mr Murphy fears clubs would lose out on transfer fees & end youth schemes.
23th January 2001
JOB FEARS AS COMPANY CALLS IN RECEIVERS
There is concern over the future for 129 workers at a Glasgow buiscuit maker after the firm said it had called in receivers. Gray Dunn said difficult trading conditions & the loss of a major European customer has forced the move. The firm which has been making biscuits in the city for more than 145 years has had to shed 86 jobs. It is hoped that a buyer can found for the business which includes well known brands like Blue Riband.
22nd January 2001
MINISTERS TO LOSE SCOTS SENTENCING ROLE
Laws are being drawn up in Scotland to end politicians' right to decide if prisoners serving life should be freed. The Executive says it is meeting the needs of European human rights law. Under current procedures the final decision on whether to free inmates in Scotland is made by justice ministers. In future a judge will set a "punishment period" on sentencing after which time the parole board will decide on suitability for release.
23th January 2001
FEARS RAISED OVER EC PLANS FOR FOOTBALL
Up to 10 football league clubs in Scotland could go bankrupt within five years if the present transfer system is abolished a Scottish MP has warned. Labour MP for Eastwood Jim Murphy is to use a special debate at Westminster to outline the dangers of European plans. The European Commission wants football players to have the same rights as other workers including being able to end a contract by giving notice. Mr Murphy fears clubs would lose out on transfer fees & end youth schemes.
23th January 2001
EU CUTS COD FISHING AFTER STOCKS SLUMP
Part of the North Sea will be closed to cod fishermen to restore dangerously low stocks the European Union has said The Brussels Commission expects to keep the emergency measures in place for 12 weeks during the spawning season. All boats fishing cod will be banned from protected areas while permits reports & monitoring are tightened. The ban will cover 40 000 square miles mainly off East Anglia the west of Scotland Norway & Denmark.
22nd January 2001
SPRINTER BANNED FOR DRUGS RACES AGAIN
British athlete Dougie Walker is taking part in his first competitive race since a drugs ban over two years ago. In January 1999 UK Athletics suspended the 200m sprinter when urine tests showed traces of a banned substance ` the anabolic steroid nandrolone. That ban was later reversed only to be overturned again by the International Amateur Athletics Federation. The 27-year-old runner will race in the Scottish Indoor Championships Glasgow.
23th January 2001
FEARS RAISED OVER EC PLANS FOR FOOTBALL
Up to 10 football league clubs in Scotland could go bankrupt within five years if the present transfer system is abolished a Scottish MP has warned. Labour MP for Eastwood Jim Murphy is to use a special debate at Westminster to outline the dangers of European plans. The European Commission wants football players to have the same rights as other workers including being able to end a contract by giving notice. Mr Murphy fears clubs would lose out on transfer fees & end youth schemes.
23th January 2001
IMPROVED BRUSSELS FISH CUTS DEAL STRUCK
An agreement has been reached in Brussels to help conserve cod in the North Sea securing a better than expected deal for Scottish fishermen. Mike Park of the Scottish White Fish Producers' Association said it was a compromise ` but could not be described as a "good deal". It means fishing grounds will close for 12 weeks in the spawning season. Fishermen had warned the original plan would have forced half the fleet out of business. They want a £100m aid package
22nd January 2001
AGENDA AT WESTMINSTER
Culture Media & Sport Secretary Chris Smith faces MPs' questions. Health Secretary Alan Milburn opens a second reading debate on the Tobacco Advertising & Promotion Bill. Peers begin detailed debate on the Criminal Defence Service (Advice & Assistance) Bill (Lords). They then consider the Human Fertilisation & Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations 2000.
23th January 2001
FEARS RAISED OVER EC PLANS FOR FOOTBALL
Up to 10 football league clubs in Scotland could go bankrupt within five years if the present transfer system is abolished a Scottish MP has warned. Labour MP for Eastwood Jim Murphy is to use a special debate at Westminster to outline the dangers of European plans. The European Commission wants football players to have the same rights as other workers including being able to end a contract by giving notice. Mr Murphy fears clubs would lose out on transfer fees & end youth schemes.
23th January 2001
AGENDA AT WESTMINSTER
Questions on Northern Ireland will be followed by Prime Minister's Question Time. Commons debates will be on job losses in manufacturing & the Government's public health agenda. Manufacturing in the north complementary medicine & defence medical services will also be debated. Peers will consider constitutional changes & support to disadvantaged young men.
22nd January 2001
SKILLS SHORTAGE "REACHES RECORD LEVELS"
Shortages of skilled workers have reached record levels in parts of British industry a new report claims. More than two out of three firms were being hit by a shortage of skilled staff according to a survey of 550 organisations by employment group Reed. The service sector reported record levels of skills shortages. The survey said firms in the Thames Valley East Anglia Northern Ireland and the Midlands were the worst hit.
23th January 2001
FEARS RAISED OVER EC PLANS FOR FOOTBALL
Up to 10 football league clubs in Scotland could go bankrupt within five years if the present transfer system is abolished a Scottish MP has warned. Labour MP for Eastwood Jim Murphy is to use a special debate at Westminster to outline the dangers of European plans. The European Commission wants football players to have the same rights as other workers including being able to end a contract by giving notice. Mr Murphy fears clubs would lose out on transfer fees & end youth schemes.
23th January 2001
NUCLEAR PLANT WORKERS VOTE FOR ACTION
Maintenance & process workers at the Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness have voted for industrial action over a pay dispute. The workers who are members of the AEEU have rejected a 3% pay deal. The deal has already been accepted by the majority of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's workforce. The UKAEA pledged to continue talking to the union with the hope that the dispute could be concluded without the need for industrial action.
