The debate in the European Parliament on the second reading of INSPIRE happened on the 12th June 2006 and the vote in plenary on the 13th June 2006.
The European Parliament strongly backed the ENVI Committee's amendments restoring the right to free public view of geodata, and removing the Council's intellectual property exemption clauses.
Text adopted by Parliament on second reading
At this stage, we knew it was inevitable, because the Council had not approached the EP for any negotiation process before Second Reading, that there would be a third-stage "conciliation" and third reading of the proposed Directive, which is going on now. The rapporteur has stated that she will not seek to add new amendments to the Directive at the third reading.
It is still very much worth trying to contact your Minister in the council, attempting to find out whether your national environment department broadly supports the Council or the Parliament position. If not, why aren't questions being asked at a national parliament level?