Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-22-Speech-1-086"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public participation in drawing up environmental plans and programmes2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011022.6.1-086"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-22-Speech-1-0872
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean Lambert2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, we would like to thank Mrs Korhola for her work on this complex document. In the Committee on Petitions we have a large number of petitions which relate to the particular directives concerned in this important report. It is very clear to us that the public want to be involved, they want to be informed and they want information in good time about particular proposals. We often hear complaints from the public about the lack of information, that it comes late, it is incomplete, it is difficult to understand. We have often found through those petitions that there are a number of Member States that have very poorly applied the directives which are mentioned here and we have seen court cases resulting from that. Our committee was extremely clear. We want the widest possible definition of "public". We have found in the issues raised with us that it is not just environmental NGOs, or people living in an area that is directly affected. We have come across small businesses, fishermen and others who have felt that particular schemes affect them and therefore they are interested parties. We also thought it was important that the area of policy should be looked at as well, because one of the questions we often get is "what is the context of a particular development going ahead?", particularly where that is linked at times to European Union policy, such as CAP spending and spending on the Structural Funds. We also find that people want access to resources in order to be able to understand the information they are given. Sometimes we find complaints come to our committee effectively to have those environmental impact assessments assessed, because those organisations lack the resources to fully participate within the planning process and it is vital that we look at that, certainly at Member State level."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Draftsman of the opinion for the Committee on Petitions."1 "Lambert (Verts/ALE ),"1

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