Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-12-17-Speech-2-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Foot and mouth disease: lessons to be learned and proposals for the future2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021217.1.2-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-12-17-Speech-2-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Chris Davies2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as a representative for Cumbria – the area most affected by this disease in Europe – to think back 20 months is to remember the distress of farmers who, in many cases, saw their animals being slaughtered – although there was no evidence that they were infected – and, in particular, the distress of those who made their living from tourism in the Lake District. All too often the cries of those people whose economy depended on tourists and whose contribution to the economy was worth six times that of the farmers went totally unheeded. We saw the pictures on our television sets: visitors were turned away because of the mass culling; animal welfare concerns were being disregarded; the fires were making a nonsense of the policies adopted by this European Union in its attempts to address the concerns about dioxins spreading in our atmosphere. People were really upset by the illogicality of the situation: mountains, hills and footpaths were closed for no reason. At the same time, you could walk along a country road and the sheep and lambs would stick their heads out through the fences. People felt a sense of anger and despair. This must never happen again. I am glad that this report makes clear that the UK Government's policy was wrong, and that we should be thinking about emergency vaccination if this situation occurs again. I also believe that, in order to take account of the wider considerations and in view of the relatively small role which farming has in our economy these days, we also need to look at preventive vaccination as a long-term solution to difficulties of this kind."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Davies (ELDR )."1

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