Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-14-Speech-2-187"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:2005 draft general budget, modified by the Council (all sections)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041214.12.2-187"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-14-Speech-2-1882
lpv:speaker	lp:John Bowis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I wish to refer to two aspects of this debate. The first is the references to agencies and to bioterrorism, and I link those two because part of the bioterrorism work is done through the new Centre for Disease Control which has now been established in Sweden. One of the complaints of this paper is that these have not been adequately funded, so that there is uncertainty about how they are to operate. Our citizens believe that Europe is very often engaged in spending money on activities that are less than necessary. There are some activities which they believe are fundamentally necessary. Their safety is at the heart of that and it is in our interests and our responsibility to ensure that they are properly funded. Therefore, I hope that in future the Commission and my colleagues in this House will ensure that agencies dealing with issues such as food safety, medicines control and evaluation and disease control and prevention are properly dealt with. The second aspect relates to the work which lies ahead on vaccines and support for developing countries. We know how important they are – I myself have produced a report on the health threats to the countries of the developing world. We know that vaccination campaigns have been effective, but much more that can be done. In the last four years some 35 million children have been vaccinated – for example against hepatitis B – but millions of children are at risk and dying because adequate funds are not available. I very much welcome what is being done to put money into the vaccine funds, and I hope we can continue in that direction, because that, again, makes a difference of which we can be proud."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bowis (PPE-DE )."1

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