Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-11-Speech-3-231"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The protection and welfare of animals 2006-2010 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061011.19.3-231"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-11-Speech-3-2322
lpv:speaker	lp:Neil Parish2
lpv:spoken text	"Thank you, Mr President, thank you, Commissioner, and thank you, Mrs Jeggle, for a very good report, because it is essential that we look after animals in Europe. Actually, we have a very good record here because we have high production standards, but we need to be very much consumer-driven. I agree with one of the previous speakers who said that the consumer must have the choice and must be able to see the labels and be absolutely sure of that production. If you go into a supermarket and look at a free-range chicken or an organic chicken or an intensively-farmed broiler chicken, you can actually see no difference between them. You have to be absolutely confident that the label is right. Not only does it have to be right for the production that we have here in Europe, but it also has to be right for the production that comes in from outside Europe as well. So consumers have to be very confident of the labelling. We also have to see a reduction in animals used for testing, and that is where we have to be very careful with European legislation as well, because, if we are not careful, REACH may actually increase the number of animals tested unnecessarily. Can I refer to Mr Titford and put him right on one or two things? First of all, he sees European bureaucrats under every bed, I think, but, as far as foot-and-mouth is concerned, it was the UK Government that was absolutely determined to slaughter. It was the UK Government that was so worried that a general election was being delayed that they had what was called the ‘contiguous cull’, which slaughtered millions of animals unnecessarily. In the Netherlands, they actually carried out vaccinations to try and stop the mass funeral pyres. So, Mr Titford, it was not the European Union that had a problem with foot-and-mouth disease: it was the UK Government."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2008-04-06)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-02-01--2007-06-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-02-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-22--2007-02-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-28--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-02-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Neil Parish (PPE-DE ). –"1

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