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lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, firstly I would like to thank Ms Stihler for drawing up this report and indeed the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection. I first came into contact with this as a political issue in the Committee on Petitions when the long and hard work done by Mr Miller came before us. We finally got some movement from the Commission on the matter. I therefore welcome the announcement today by the Commissioner that implants have been reclassified as medical devices, and the effects that will have on how they may be controlled. Breast implant advertising specifically – indeed implant advertising of any kind – should be regulated. It is not acceptable that these implants should be advertised as simple and straightforward, with no indication that there are medical risks involved. There is a particular need to ensure that people under 18 years of age may only have implants as a medical necessity, and their guardians should also be fully informed of the implications of such operations. There is a particular need to follow up on research in relation to the effect of breast implants and, as has been pointed out by Mr Miller, implants in other parts of the body. There are question marks relating to silicon implants which have not been answered by studies to date, and I would urge further research on that. Finally, could I gently take issue with Mrs Van Brempt, who has done a lot of work in this area, and point out to her that my gender certainly did not pre-programme my views on this issue. I do not think it is necessary to draw attention to the gender of Members who speak on issues in this Parliament."@en1
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