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"Mr President, once again, I voted in favour of this report because I believe, if we are to make strides in fighting climate change, we need to make choosing green products easier for the consumer.
Although my region – the West Midlands – is one of the only landlocked areas of the UK, we are, of course, consumers of fish and fish products, which this report refers to.
By introducing a voluntary scheme such as ecolabels, we can encourage a market in more energy-efficient and ecologically kinder goods. This will fit in with other market-based solutions to climate change, such as tax reductions on eco-friendly goods.
My constituents tell me that they are happy to make different choices if buying them and buying green products makes it easier for them. We will need to publicise the scheme better if it is to have the desired effect, and it will require better marketing but also standardisation and harmonisation of the information it displays if it is to be of real use to consumers.
A good model is the report on energy efficiency of tyres, which I have been working on and which presents similar details in a clear, concise manner."@en1
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