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"Mr President, I am very alarmed that no real effort has been made to act on the experiences that the UK had during the devastating outbreak of foot and mouth. We have a right, in this Parliament, to demand that there ought to be real action right across the European Union to put into place a strategy to defeat this terrible disease, should it again break forth. In Northern Ireland there are no such structures in place. The veterinary experts have told me that they are quite appalled at the apathy of the government in this field.
How different this experience has been in the United States of America. There, they have periodical dry-run operations and the strategy nationwide is tested, weaknesses are discovered and the fine-tuning of the whole programme is updated. This, I believe, is necessary in the European Union. I trust that all governments will be urged to accept that necessity. We in the UK know the cost of the foot and mouth outbreak and how it brought both agriculture and tourism to their knees. We know the emotional pain and human tragedy that resulted, largely because of the controversy about vaccination.
I welcome this report's dedication to a policy to vaccinate to live. I believe that policy is much better than the one of 'don't vaccinate but rather burn'. The Commission's proposals have been sensible, following the lines of the European Parliament's temporary committee. I strongly believe that Parliament should endorse the opinion of the report before it.
I congratulate the rapporteur and the committee for bringing it forward. The report points to a real way forward, in the fields both of preparation and deterrence.
The alarming rise of the incidence in animals of tuberculosis and brucellosis highlights the need for immediate action against these diseases."@en1
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