Mps articles
-
Non to English at Paris Olympics, say French MPs
Having long battled the creeping use of English in advertising, music and film, French MPs have declared a new struggle: keeping their home Olympics this year free from anglicisms. In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the lower house of parliament urged organizers of the 2024 Paris Games, as well as
-
Lidl quizzed by MPs over ‘Strathvale farm’ Scottish chicken
Lidl GB’s chief commercial officer Richard Bourns had told MPs: ‘We do not use farm brands, just to be absolutely clear.’
-
MPs back fruit growers afraid of losing their cherries
A majority of MPs wants to allow cherry growers to use insecticides to combat an exotic fruit fly which has been threatening harvests. Drosophila suzukii is an invasive fruit fly that is increasingly common in Europe and can cause major damage in fruit production. The fruit fly has been around for a decade in the Netherlands and farmers have been given special dispensation for the insecticides Exirel and Tracer. That dispensation was withdrawn this year based on the recommendation of