The question raised by the honourable Member does not come within the Community's sphere of competence.

I hope Parliament will feel that covers that point.

HARRISON (S), draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning. Mr President, I rise first of all to congratulate Mr Donnelly on his report and also for accepting, broadly, the amendments which I put forward on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy and Regional Planning.

The first thing I have to say is that the national issue is on the agenda and has to be tackled.

Another important question raised by the story is who is affected by the breach.

STEWART (S). Mr President, I would wish to refer the Sarlis report back to committee.

The question raised by the honourable Member has not been discussed in European political cooperation.

The question raised by the honourable Member has not been discussed in the framework of European political cooperation.

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Moreover, no less a figure than the Commission President, Mr Delors, speaking in this House, condemned these machinations at the outset of the Gulf crisis.

The question was posed in English.

Human rights violations in Sudan have also been raised in the context of the ACP EEC Joint Assembly.

PRESIDENT. Mr Prag, I have already commented on this matter and said that the enlarged Bureau, who made the proposal, is going to reconsider its decision, ie. that it is going to withdraw this from the Agenda and resubmit it.

On the one hand, it must protect itself against the geopolitical threat posed by a newly assertive and adventurous Russia.

That is all to the good.

The larger question raised by the UK s proposed legislation is the desirable balance between individual rights, including the right to citizenship, and the public good.

It's a complicated question.

We can see that the stalemate is being broken.

This is a question of leadership, because it becomes a question of who leads the future.

It is a moral question.

It's a very pressing matter.

This is a humanitarian issue, he says.

It is a question of democracy.

I think the initiative is a good one.

COX (LRD). Mr President, I do not wish to delay the House.

It is a question of principle.

The way the question is phrased can influence the answer.

There's no matter of scale. It's not a question of scale, it's not a question of financial resources.

We understand those criticisms and, in fact, I both understand and share the concerns that have been expressed by all speakers, and by myself in my initial remarks.

Nor is sympathy at work

It s a question of numbers, he said.

There is no issue that is more pressing.

It's all a question of climate.

That shouldn't even be a question.

And this is a major issue.

It s a matter of economics, really.

First, I asked to speak yesterday, as many honourable members will recall, before Mr Formigoni presented his report.

At this stage I shall confine myself to drawing your attention to the declarations made today by the Twelve on these events.

He explained to them that it was not a question of survival of the fittest it was a question of understanding what they needed to survive and to protect that.

The question of transformation in Africa really is a question of leadership.

It is not just the 10 million farmers but tens of millions of other people who are affected in towns and villages and regions throughout the Community.

Education is a Security Issue

It is a matter of life or death.

It's a question of life or death.

It's a matter of life and death.