At the request of the PPE and Verts/ALE Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
FEMM Committee: Constance Le Grip
Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee: Marije Cornelissen to replace Heide Rühle.
° ° ° °
The following spoke: Nirj Deva on the earthquake in Japan. (The President recalled that this matter had been raised at the meeting of the Conference of Presidents, open to all Members, which had been held on 16 March 2011).