In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).

Dado que su autor no está presente, la pregunta nº 52 decae.
As the author is not present, Question No 52 lapses.

No puedo votar a favor de los párrafos de la directiva marco sobre aguas que tratan estas cuestiones.
I cannot vote in favour of the sections in the Water Framework Directive which deal with these states of affairs.

Está bien que la Comisión reaccione con rapidez en este tema.

The Commission should react quickly in this respect.