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.

The Graham Williamson Challenge is a travel award which enables a person starting out in ICT to undertake a short (up to a month) period of work experience abroad in order to broaden their understanding and knowledge of ICT in a wider public sector context. 

Catherine spent yesterday (Thursday 16th August) in Portsmouth helping local Lib Dems with this important by-election in Fratton.