Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-12-16-Speech-1-094"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021216.8.1-094"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-12-16-Speech-1-0952
lpv:speaker	lp:Phillip Whitehead2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, my group takes a rather different view from that of the last speaker. We believe that it is right for Parliament to be consulted. We believe that in a number of areas which are contentious – for example, the dangers of non-ionising radiation – not enough is known within the science for us to pass this by. My group will also support the amendment, which other colleagues and I have signed in the name of the Socialist Group, for the deletion of paragraph 4. Why do we do that? Not because we necessarily disagree with the Scientific Committee on the issue of whether radiation can be safe for foodstuffs, but because it is not the whole story. The question is, why is this being done? Is it really for the benefit of the consumer? Is it something for which there is a consumer demand? If that was the case, we would not have as many cases as there are, certainly in my country, of illegal and covert irradiation. This has been carried out because they do not want consumers to know about it. They particularly do not want people to know about and reflect upon the trade which is more concerned with cost-cutting than with the end product in terms of consumer satisfaction. Mrs Breyer referred to shrimps being taken from one market to another, peeled in one continent and brought back to another. This is not due to safety concerns or the attractiveness of the product: it is all about the profits that go into this business. In the light of the Commission's options as presented, we, like the rapporteur, take the view that the list should not be further extended at this stage. The onus of proof continues to be on those who wish to do these things. The proof has not yet been provided."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Whitehead (PSE )."1

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