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WHAt We Do:Taking the Lead to Save Lives and Improve HealthHighlights 2001-2004 (continued)2002 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTDanish MEP Ulla Sandbaek released her report on SRHRin EU development policy. Belgian MEP Anne Van Lanckerreleased a report on SRHR in Europe. Both MEPs have beenmembers of the EPF Executive Committee and chaired theEuropean Parliament APPG.2006 PortugalParliamentarians Ana Manso (Social Democrat /centre right party) and Helena Pinto (LeftBloc), both members of the Portuguese All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population andDevelopment, called on the State Secretary for International Development to emphasiseSRHR in the new Portuguese Development Policy. In her statement, Ms. Manso referredto her experiences on the field visit to Bangladesh. The MPs asked for concrete figures forPortuguese spending on population in its bilateral and multilateral budgets.2002 FranceAPPG member Senator Marie-Claude Beaudeau led adebate in the French Senate on UNFPA and ICPD. FrenchMPs Jean-Claude Lefort, Danielle Bousquet, Michel Pironand Catherine Gennison, all members of the APPG, posedParliamentary questions to government ministers on SRHRand UNESCAP.2006 SpainMP Miguel Angel Martinez, upon returning from the EPF field visit to Ethiopia, persuaded hisparty (the centre-right Popular Party) to introduce the Call to Action developed and signedduring the field visit as a non-binding proposal (September).2002 IrelandSenator Mary Henry, chair of the APPG and member of theEPF Executive Committee, lead debate on the OverseasDevelopment Aid Motion. MPs Simon Coveney, Liz McManus,Simon O’Malley, Jan O’Sullivan, Eoin Ryan and Sean Ryan,all members of the APPG, posed Parliamentary questionson UNFPA funding, the decency gap, and Irish Aid funds forSRHR.Field Visit - Ethiopia, 200612