Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0019/2008).
Part one
Question 45 (Manolis Mavrommatis): Exchange of information relating to bank accounts.
Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question.
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Günter Verheugen also answered the supplementary questions by Manolis Mavrommatis, Reinhard Rack and Jörg Leichtfried.
Question 46 (Saïd El Khadraoui): Particulate emissions from mopeds.
Günter Verheugen answered the question and a supplementary by Saïd El Khadraoui.
Question 47 (Johan Van Hecke): 2.2 billion children in need.
Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Johan Van Hecke, Christopher Heaton-Harris and Andreas Mölzer.
Part two
Question 48 (Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou): Social security reforms in Greece.
Vladimír Špidla answered the question and a supplementary by Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou.
Question 49 (Eoin Ryan): Combating youth and long-term unemployment in Europe.
Vladimír Špidla answered the question and supplementaries by Eoin Ryan, Reinhard Rack and Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou.
Question 50 (Robert Evans): EU anti-discrimination legislation.
Vladimír Špidla answered the question and supplementaries by Robert Evans, Jim Allister and Philip Bushill-Matthews.
The following spoke: Mario Mantovani
Questions 51 to 61 would receive written answers.
Questions 62 and 63 were not taken as the agenda already provided for their subjects to be discussed.
Question 64 (Manuel Medina Ortega): Fisheries Agreement with Morocco.
Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Manuel Medina Ortega and Rosa Miguélez Ramos.
Question 65 (Sharon Bowles): Small boat fishermen.
Joe Borg answered the question and a supplementary by Sharon Bowles.
Question 66 (Seán Ó Neachtain): Decommissioning programme for one third of the Irish whitefish sector.
Joe Borg answered the question and a supplementary by Seán Ó Neachtain.
Question 67 lapsed as its author was absent.
Question 68 (Ioannis Gklavakis): Serious infringements of the rules of the common fisheries policy in 2005.
Joe Borg answered the question and a supplementary by Ioannis Gklavakis.
Question 69 would receive a written answer.
Question 70 (Giovanna Corda): Progression of bluetongue in northern Europe.
Androula Vassiliou (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Giovanna Corda and James Nicholson.
Question 71 (Marian Harkin): Brazilian beef.Question 72 (Brian Crowley): Brazilian beef.
Androula Vassiliou answered the questions and supplementaries by Marian Harkin, Brian Crowley, Mairead McGuinness and Elspeth Attwooll.
Question 73 (Avril Doyle): Proposal on healthcare.
Androula Vassiliou answered the question and supplementaries by Avril Doyle and Mairead McGuinness.
Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).
Commission Question Time closed.