"I am pleased to be able to support the campaign against Human Trafficking and have signed the petition today," said Catherine. "This dreadful trade has to be stopped and the EU must act to do so. I am pleased that the ALDE group in the EP is taking action on this issue, as can be seen from their Press Release below.

The final hustings took place in Canterbury on Saturday before many members have received their ballot papers due to the delayed posting.

Today Catherine Bearder made a speech to Liberal Democrat members in South East England on why they should select her as their candidate for the European Parliament in the 2009 European elections.

Catherine said "I have today signed the online petition that calls on the European Commission to guarantee the implementation of the Universal Service Directive and save lives across Europe. This is just the sort of thing that the European Union should be capable of implementing, and it is such a missed opportunity that it is not following through on this initiative."

Catherine was at the second of four European selection hustings in Woking yesterday, Saturday.

The first of the series of four hustings was held in Oxford at the weekend.

Catherine had a successful conference at Brighton.

As chair of the Conference Access Group, Catherine was able to thank the Grand Hotel in Brighton for managing to install a lift for wheelchair users in time for the Lib Dem conference.

Catherine has welcomed the news that the meeting of the Surrey Primary Care Trust yesterday confirmed that no A & E department will be closed.

Catherine Bearder has been nominated for the prestigious Patsy Calton Award.