Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-05-Speech-2-061"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Structure and rates of excise duty applied on manufactured tobacco2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020205.4.2-061"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-05-Speech-2-0622
lpv:speaker	lp:Ian R.K. Paisley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, 22% of all cigarettes purchased in Great Britain and Northern Ireland are smuggled into the country. In the year 2000 smuggling of tobacco caused losses of GBP 3.8 million to the British Exchequer. Her Majesty's Customs and Excise have been able to cut the cross-Channel bootlegging of tobacco by an impressive 76% since March 2000. The bootleggers are up in arms at this, but now, with the Commissioner announcing his intention to take action against the United Kingdom for creating barriers to the free movement of goods, the door could be opened even wider to give smuggling an even greater field day. The cheap smuggled tobacco has produced new smokers among the young people in the United Kingdom. That is a tragedy. It has also threatened the few remaining jobs in the British tobacco industry. The British tobacco industry should have an even playing field with the tobacco manufacturers in the rest of the European Union and should not be penalised."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democratic Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Paisley (NI )."1

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