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"Mr President, when we embarked on this exercise all of us knew that the reform of the Commission was never going to be easy, it was never going to be smooth and it was never going to be quick, because we had 40 years of entrenched views and in trying to change that we were always going to have to overcome some problems. Despite these obstacles, I have to say, having listened to the Commissioner, we have congratulate him on the progress that he has made so far and we also have to congratulate the staff trade union for having gone into negotiation and made headway in a number of areas of reform. It is important that this question is down here because I would like to touch on a couple of points that some of my colleagues have raised.
Mr Harbour – rightly so – raised the question of timing. Timing is important because, if you get the timing wrong, it impacts on the morale of staff and once the morale of staff starts to fall then that has an impact on career improvements, advancement, etc., and once that starts – they do not move forward. All these points go together.
I was glad that Mr Harbour touched on the question of the linear career structure, it is a big issue and one that we have to face up to as the Commissioner is well aware. I would add that I agree that whistle-blowing is now in the public knowledge. However, whistle-blowing has a different ramification in the west of Scotland: it tends to indicates flutes and that does not go down too well in my part of the world.
I slightly disagree with my colleague Mrs Guy-Quint. On the question of consultation: we have been consulted at every opportunity. She did argue again for a more protracted period of reform, but as we said, if we spin it out longer and longer it impacts upon the morale of the staff and that impacts on the performance of the staff. We have to keep this as short as possible.
The whole question of retirement: I was the person responsible for piloting the question of the retirement package through Parliament and it is a wonderful package. I would love to be offered the same. Can I say to the Commissioner, we heard quite clearly about the breaking of the Heading 5 ceiling. We realise that it is not in the domain of the Commission and maybe it is high time that some of us were to look at some of the other institutions and how they were getting on with on with that.
In conclusion, we have made significant progress. It is important that we are kept informed of the progress. I am glad to hear what the Commissioner said, because only by that and by monitoring what is happening can we have an impact. If obstacles do occur, we can then start trying to tackle them, here and in the other institutions as well."@en1
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