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lpv:speaker	lp:David Campbell Bannerman2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I abstained on this report, not because I do not believe in human rights – I very much do – but because Conservative MEPs and I all feel that human rights are really about balance and getting the balance right. I have to say that my colleague who wrote this report, Richard Howitt, did not show much balance when he supported the rights of illegal travellers on illegal pitches at Dale Farm, whilst ignoring the rights of those local people who were so badly affected by them. That showed contempt for the rule of law. I am concerned that there is also a lack of balance in this report over things such as the European Convention on Human Rights. Just yesterday, the British Government acted – quite rightly – to arrest Abu Qatada, who is an alleged terrorist and a man who has actually praised the hijackers of 9/11, after eight years. It took eight years to do that because of human rights legislation. This report supports that move towards the EU Convention on Human Rights and EU support for it. So, let us get the balance right. Human rights are good, but if the balance is not correct, it weakens the whole case for them."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2012-03-19--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-02-02--2014-06-30)3,3 member; PECH (2011-05-24--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; AFCO (2012-01-31--2014-06-30)3,3 unknown; Conservative Party (2011-07-11--2014-06-30)3,3 member; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3 member; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"David Campbell Bannerman (ECR )."1
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