Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-12-Speech-1-129"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:COM in the sugar sector2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010312.8.1-129"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-12-Speech-1-1302
lpv:speaker	lp:Robert Sturdy2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, can I congratulate Mr Daul on his report and first of all say that I will be supporting it tomorrow. I will be supporting my electorate, who are large sugar producers, and I will not be supporting the multinationals who are lobbying very hard. I would just say to you Commissioner that I worked on the 77 Protocol which was very much involved with helping the developing world countries. I heard Mrs Gill talking about the way in which the consumer was going to benefit. Let me make it absolutely plain to all of you here today, that the consumer will not benefit from a reduction in the price paid to British and European farmers for sugar. They certainly do not in the rest of the world where sugar is much cheaper. Why is it that I am being lobbied by the biggest single user of sugar in the world, a US company, specifically to get the price down? I heard Commissioner Lamy speaking before about trade relations with the US. Will the United States be reducing the price that they pay their farmers for their sugar as we are going to do, or are they going to continue with their very high support? Mr Daul, you said that the sugar regime was a special agreement. I would argue a little bit with you on that because I believe it is unique. First of all, the tax-payer does not pay for it. Secondly, it benefits farmers directly, unlike many parts of the present CAP, and thirdly, the sugar protocol itself helps some of the poorest countries in the world. It is very important that we continue to support those countries. I worked very hard to get them support and I intend to keep that support for those ACP countries. We have a saying, Commissioner, in the UK, if it is not broke, don't mend it. Please do not try to mend this system."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sturdy (PPE-DE )."1

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