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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-04-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Rising food prices in the European Union and developing countries (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080422.49.2-285"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-04-22-Speech-2-2862
lpv:speaker	lp:James Nicholson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, there is now one more challenge for us to meet: to secure our food supply. We have witnessed a massive rise in the price of food and this will remain the position for a considerable time to come. The supply of cheap food has disappeared. I have always been one of those who believed that there was never any such thing as cheap food, but when you direct grain away from food supply to produce energy, then you have changed the balance. What we are seeing now is the knock-on effect of that. We all know the reason for this, but it will be those countries who can afford it least that will be affected the most. There is no need any more for set-aside, and we now have a moral duty to encourage our farmers to produce more to ensure that prices do not spiral out of total control and that many regions of the world do not suffer starvation. We must look again at the Health Check to ensure that we can respond to the changed situation. This will have a bitter-sweet effect on farmers and their families. For years, they have been ridiculed about milk lakes and butter mountains. Where are they now? They are all gone. In Europe, we now have only 27 days of food supply left, as Mr Daul told us earlier this afternoon. Yes, I believe we must look at the situation regarding the standards for GMOs. We cannot turn a blind eye to this any more. We are over-regulating ourselves out of the marketplace. We have placed such constraints on our farmers that many have just given up and walked away. We need more production or there will be a disaster. We must encourage our farmers to produce that extra food. This was not predicted, nor was it foreseen by anyone, no matter how hard they may now try to look back and tell us that they did. The truth is that it has come upon us. We must now respond to it."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; REGI (2007-02-12--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Quaestors (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Ulster Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member; AGRI (2008-02-18--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"James Nicholson (PPE-DE ). –"1

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