Verbatim report of proceedings

Wednesday, 26 October 2005 - Strasbourg

10. Strategy against an influenza pandemic

- Before the vote on Amendment 16:

  Caroline Lucas (Verts/ALE). – Mr President, I just want to propose that we change the word ‘mutation’ to ‘recombination’ in the amendment. The PSE Group has indicated that it would be in favour of this. This is essentially just a technical change, but, scientifically speaking, you cannot prevent mutation of H5N1, much as we would like to and powerful though we might think we are. We might, however, have a chance of preventing recombination, so I would like to have the word ‘mutation’ changed please.

(The oral amendment was accepted)