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Catherine was re-elected as an MEP for Scotland in 2004 and 2009.

She has served as the Deputy Leader of the EPLP and held positions as Labour's Euro spokesperson on health and fisheries.

Catherine is currently Labour's Euro-Spokesperson on Consumer Rights and is the only Scottish MEP on the prestigious economic and monetary affairs committee.

As the Parliament's rapporteur on construction products ( 2011 ), she has steered through a new piece of law which improved the single market on construction products whilst ensuring the highest protection against hazardous substances.

She is an anti tobacco campaigner with a key interest in campaigning for greater recognition of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD ) and helping those who have the condition have better treatment.

Her current work includes improvement of EU public procurement rules, reform of financial services regulation in particular tackling unfair bank charges and the promotion and inclusion of all EU citizens within the digital economy.