Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-04-21-Speech-3-311"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in 2003 and EU policy2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040421.12.3-311"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-21-Speech-3-3122
lpv:speaker	lp:The Earl Of Stockton2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President However, there is a worrying undercurrent in the way human rights and terrorism have been addressed. While I share some of the sentiments that have been expressed by my colleague Mr Van Orden, I am also worried from another point of view. Centralised government, whether national or international, is very quick to take powers and set up mechanisms that help them in the fight against terror but which certainly erode the established rights and liberties of the citizen. There is therefore a supreme irony that the counter-terrorism policies, which we all support, may do as much to restrict our freedoms as the terrorists do themselves. Mr President, unless there is an electoral miracle in June, or a mass self-sacrificing resignation among my colleagues, this is the last occasion on which I shall have the pleasure to address this distinguished and honourable House. May I, with your indulgence President, take this opportunity to put on record my sincerest thanks to the Members of this House, the staff here and in Brussels, and above all my colleagues in the British Conservative delegation for the generosity, kindness, help, sympathy and often-needed support that all have given me over the past five years. It would be a lie if I said I was happy with my lowly position on my party's list in the South West region of Great Britain, but it would not be a lie to say that I have enjoyed these five years, perhaps more than I can say. So Mr President, thank you and farewell."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Stockton (PPE-DE )."1 "d'abord, chère Madame, je dois vous féliciter pour votre rapport!"1 "may"1

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