12. Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0246/2005).

Part one

Question 31 (Alfredo Antoniozzi): Promotion of the Italian language in Europe (Eurydice report 2005) and determining language arrangements within the Community institutions.

Ján Figeľ (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Alfredo Antoniozzi and Paul Rübig.

Question 32 (Yiannakis Matsis): Participation of Cyprus in the Partnership for Peace and links with NATO.

Ján Figeľ answered the question and supplementaries by Yiannakis Matsis and Georgios Papastamkos.

Question 33 (Alexander Nuno Alvaro): Biometric data in visas.

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Paul Rübig, David Martin and Alexander Nuno Alvaro.

Part two

Question 34 (Mairead McGuinness): PSB Licence fee.

Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Mairead McGuinness.

Question 35 (Manolis Mavrommatis): MEDIA programme.

Viviane Reding answered the question and a supplementary by Manolis Mavrommatis.

Question 36 (Åsa Westlund): Public service in a future new directive on television broadcasting.

Viviane Reding answered the question and a supplementary by Åsa Westlund.

Question 37 (Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou): Measures to implement the European Youth Pact.

Ján Figeľ answered the question and a supplementary by Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou.

Question 38 (Bernd Posselt): Cross-border support for cultural measures.

Ján Figeľ answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Questions 39 to 44 would receive written answers.

Question 45 (Bart Staes): Budgets for R&D in the field of renewable energy.

Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Bart Staes.

Gay Mitchell, author of Question 47, spoke on the conduct of Question Time.

Question 46 (John Bowis): Research into deafness and hearing impairment.

Janez Potočnik answered the question and a supplementary by John Bowis.

Questions 47 to 88 would receive written answers.

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.45 and resumed at 21.00.)