Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-01-19-Speech-4-346-992"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120119.24.4-346-992"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-01-19-Speech-4-346-9882
lpv:speaker	lp:Jim Higgins2
lpv:spoken text	"I completely support calls for 2013 to be declared the European Year against Food Waste. The designation of 2013 would raise huge awareness of this very serious issue. Food wastage defies logic in a world where we are struggling to feed our growing population. There are 925 million hungry people in the world. Meanwhile, Europeans waste between 95 kg and 115 kg of food per capita per year, as opposed to between 6 kg and 11 kg in sub-Saharan Africa. Causes included surplus food produced in industrialised countries, and the lack of efficient transport systems and infrastructure (the cold chain, for example) and secure storage facilities in developing countries. This is an area where we cannot afford not to act and I would encourage the Commission to afford this own-initiative report the attention it deserves."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Parliament's Bureau (2012-01-18--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2012-01-18--2014-06-30)3 member; Quaestors (2012-01-18--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2012-09-12)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2012-09-12)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2010-02-25--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jim Higgins (PPE ),"1 "in writing."1

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