IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN
Vice-President

12. Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0001/2005).

First part

Question 26 (Jacky Henin): Disappearance of textile quotas.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the question.

Jacky Henin spoke.

Question 27 (Robert Evans): Slavery in chocolate.

Charlie McCreevy answered the question and supplementaries by Robert Evans and Malcolm Harbour.

Question 28 (Bogusław Sonik): Suspension of food exports from the new Member States to Russia.

Charlie McCreevy answered the question and a supplementary by Bogusław Sonik.

Second part

Question 29 (Proinsias De Rossa): Services in the internal market.

Charlie McCreevy answered the question and supplementaries by Proinsias De Rossa, Malcolm Harbour and David Martin.

Question 30 (Brian Crowley): The Lisbon Objectives.

Charlie McCreevy answered the question and supplementaries by Brian Crowley, Gay Mitchell and Charlotte Cederschiöld.

David Martin spoke on Charlotte Cederschiöld's supplementary.

Questions 31 to 33 would receive written answers.

Question 34 (Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García): Education programmes in Latin America following the Costa Rica Heads of State and Government Summit.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García.

Question 35 (Bart Staes): Leaving development cooperation to chance.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner answered the question and a supplementary by Bart Staes.

Question 36 (David Martin): Continued breach of EU-Israel Protocols by Israel.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner answered the question and a supplementary by David Martin.

Question 37 (Justas Vincas Paleckis): New Neighbourhood Policy and Belarus.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner answered the question and supplementaries by Justas Vincas Paleckis, Barbara Kudrycka and Janusz Onyszkiewicz.

Questions 39 and 40 lapsed as the subject they dealt with was already on the agenda for that part-session.

Questions 38 and 41 would receive written answers.

Question 42 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Telephone tapping without a court order.

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Manolis Mavrommatis and David Martin.

Question 43 (Claude Moraes): The Commission's annual report on Migration.

Franco Frattini answered the question and supplementaries by Claude Moraes and Joseph Muscat.

Question 44 (Ignasi Guardans Cambó): Terrorism.

Franco Frattini answered the question and a supplementary by Ignasi Guardans Cambó.

Question 45 (Bill Newton Dunn): Reporting of crimes and collection of statistics about crimes across the Union.

Franco Frattini answered the question and a supplementary by Bill Newton Dunn.

Luciana Sbarbati spoke on the conduct of Question Time.

Questions 46 to 76 would receive written answers.

Commission Question Time closed.