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"Mr President, I wish to thank the Commissioner for once again clarifying the principle that the European Union considers the trade in human cells and tissues unacceptable but supports free donations. I should like to express my thanks for this fundamental clarification.
Having said that, I agree with those who have said that the Commission should investigate the case even more closely. The statements by Britain and Romania contradict each other, and, when we come to the vote, the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats will be proposing a motion further calling, in writing, for the Commission to clarify this contradiction.
In my personal opinion, the account by the British authorities – which Mrs McAvan read out so nicely – is just not credible. We have all seen the note from the British Embassy, which contains precisely what she just read out. She has every right – maybe even a duty – to defend the British Government in the run-up to an election, but credible is not a word that can be used to describe the terms in which she did so. We have media coverage from Romania and, in the next few days, televised interviews with women who did this for money are to be broadcast on European channels. I should like to see how you continue to defend the British Government’s account then. There may be some people in the United Kingdom who consider GBP 1 000 acceptable. This GBP 1 000 appears in a document of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in the UK without further comment, and against this we must be on our guard. What we are seeing here is just the tip of the iceberg, and there is a colossal problem. If we can make out the tip of the iceberg, we should not be continuing to obscure the issue or prevent at least those who we are able to catch being called to account.
I should now like to address Mrs Ries, whom I hold in high regard as a Member of this House. We agree on many issues, but I cannot understand why the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is planning to vote against paragraph 11. Firstly, this is a joint resolution and, secondly, all it says is:
. I am sure that this House is agreed on its opposition to the exploitation of women, especially on International Women’s Day."@en1
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"‘Calls on the Member States to take measures to prevent the exploitation of women in the application of life science’"1
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