The following notes on the state of play of key aspects of the Common Agricultural Policy reform are provisional, and dependent on the outcome of ongoing negotiations between the Parliament, the Council and Commission.

The EU will ban roaming charges for mobile phones completely next year. 

Alyn Smith MEP, Scottish full member of the European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, and lead negotiator for his political group on Rural Development, has expressed his regret at the decision of the Parliament to back a "flawed" proposal from the Agriculture Committee on cuts to direct payments to...

SNP MEP Alyn Smith and Lynsey Paris, a young mother and skin cancer patient have launched a campaign to reduce VAT on sunscreen protection products, backed by Melanoma Action & Support Scotland (MASScot).