Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-12-13-Speech-3-109"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001213.4.3-109"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-13-Speech-3-1102
lpv:speaker	lp:Roy Perry2
lpv:spoken text	". I wish particularly to explain why I voted against the ban on export of tobacco products above a certain tar/nicotine level from the EU and supported amendments that sought to lift that ban. Above all, I am concerned by the very real risk to jobs of over 1 000 people employed at the BAT factory in Southampton. There are over 5 000 jobs also at risk related to that factory. For instance, hundreds of printers in Portsmouth who produce cigarette packaging. Over 95% of the output of the Southampton plant is exported. I fear either the company will relocate, or the markets they serve will be met by other suppliers outside the EU. So this move will not lead to healthier cigarettes being smoked – but simply to export jobs from Europe. This is a sad day for the workers in Southampton who must now hope the British government might try to block the move. I fear they will hope in vain. I believe smokers should be given full information but then be free to make their own choice. Additionally, insisting on imposing our standards outside Europe is an example of post-colonial imperialism. So I voted for freedom – jobs."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Perry (PPE-DE ),"1 "in writing"1

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