Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-23-Speech-2-074"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Exposure of workers to risks arising from physical agents2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.5.2-074"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-0752
lpv:speaker	lp:Elizabeth Lynne2
lpv:spoken text	"I am going to deal specifically with whole-body vibration. As has already been said, there is evidence that whitefinger can be caused by hand-arm vibration, but I do not believe that there is sufficient evidence that whole body vibration causes tremendous health risks for workers. There is a slight health risk, but even the ISO standards say that there is no quantitative health risk, and so without further scientific evidence, I think it would be crazy for us to put more burdens on industry. I am glad that the rapporteur has eventually agreed that we need a compromise on agriculture, so I urge you all to vote for Amendment No 11. This would exclude agriculture and forestry for five years and then it would come back to Parliament after further research and scientific evidence has been provided. If we do not vote for the compromise in Amendment No 11, I believe that the harvest across the whole of the EU will not be able to take place. If we do not vote for it, tractor drivers, for instance, will be able to drive their tractor for between 2 to 4 hours in any 8 hour period and that is if we get the 0.8 m/s2 that the rapporteur is suggesting. Even if agriculture and forestry is taken back, we need to go back to the common position of 1.15 m/s2 instead of the 0.8 that the rapporteur is proposing, because if we do not go back to that, other parts of the industry such as engineering, mining, construction will have tremendous problems, so I urge you to make sure that you do not vote to put more restrictions on industry when we do not have a quantitative health risk demonstrated. I hereby beg you not to vote for the rapporteur's position on this and to go back to the common position and vote for Amendment No 11 and against Amendments Nos 2, 4, 12 and 9."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lynne (ELDR )."1

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