Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-12-17-Speech-2-130"
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". – Foot and mouth disease inflicted a heavy toll in my own East of England constituency, and I had hoped that this European Parliament report would do justice to the losses suffered by farmers, the tourist industry and our whole community.
Indeed the way the committee of inquiry conducted its work gave me such hope, that we could genuinely add to the lessons learnt, to combat and hopefully prevent any future outbreak.
However, as other Members have indicated, the final report has been subject to amendments put forward by political groups in the Parliament, which suggest breaches of law which did not take place, even deliberately misreporting the numbers of animals killed.
I had hoped this issue would be treated as more important than one subject to cheap political point-scoring.
Not so.
In these circumstances, I am recording my opposition to the final vote.
My support remains for the original recommendations which will guide our future legislation, and ensure Europe plays a constructive role in tackling foot and mouth disease for the future.
My constituents expect no less."@en1
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