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"Mr President, Commissioner, we look to you to take a lead. We look, first of all, for you to get this legislation which, as you said, was approved by the Commission on to the statute books. It is now two years since the Commission gave the approval, but where is it? It is not stuck in this Parliament, that is for sure. We have no say over the matter. It is stuck in Council. That logjam needs to be unblocked.
I hope the UK Presidency will give you support in making sure that happens but, if there are Member States which are standing in the way, which are making life difficult, then we look to you to name and shame them. Let us have these NGOs putting pressure on them. As Mr Bowis said, people are dying to save the forests and some Member States are just showing reluctance to get a sensible, positive measure of this kind up and running.
And where were the Commission’s resources? Minimal resources were being devoted to this behind the scenes. I am told by some people that you have about one person devoted to making this legislation happen. That is pretty minimal. Please wave the flags, say you need more.
Last month you met a delegation of Members of this House to discuss the possibility of introducing legislative options. I know that you are not yet convinced, but you explored some very interesting ground then. You said you might be able to put some proposals to the Commission in September. Can you still stand by that statement? And have you considered the possibility of introducing legislation as a back-up means, to use your own words, as a ‘carrot and stick’ to encourage countries to sign up to voluntary agreements with the threat of a more difficult regime to follow?
Commissioner, there is nothing more to be said, except that we all know that the forests are disappearing at a huge rate. The best we can possibly hope for is to slow that pace of destruction, but we simply cannot stand by. We need you to help us focus our efforts, produce results, and we want to give you as much support as we can in achieving that objective."@en1
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