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dcterms:Date	"2009-03-10"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090310.36.2-497"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-03-10-Speech-2-4982
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Bushill-matthews2
lpv:spoken text	"Commissioner, thank you for your statement. I was very encouraged by your words, but was very discouraged to notice that only 12 colleagues were here to hear it. That has now risen to the dizzy heights of 18 MEPs, to hear what is an important statement on an important subject. I was curious though that there was no reference – unless I missed it – to the Council Presidency comments of a month or so ago, because I thought those remarks were also very helpful to the debate and they made the point very clearly that, whilst the Barcelona objectives had not yet been reached – in some cases, by a very long way – it was very clear that a number of countries did not have any immediate plans to reach them and did not see that as a particular problem. The reason for that is, and I quote from what the Czech Council Presidency said: ‘No one should criticise the decision of those countries that fail to fulfil the Barcelona objectives and do not intend to increase efforts for their fulfilment. There are countries whose citizens, based on their historical experience, are not interested in placing their children in day care’. I think that is true. That does not mean, of course, that we should not try as hard as we can to encourage the provision of day care and make quality day care available for those who want to use it. I hope that you will agree, Commissioner, that in the context of helping more women into the labour market, and in the context of helping people with the important role of childcare, that there are indeed many roads to Paradise – and there is not just the one road that we should exclusively concentrate upon. Let us please explore all routes, but let us keep Paradise in mind so that the objectives we all share can indeed be fulfilled."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2007-06-06--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with India (2007-06-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-03-06--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2007-02-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Philip Bushill-Matthews,"1 "on behalf of the PPE-DE Group."1
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