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"Mr President, I would like to focus my contribution to this debate on the essence of what the proposal means to people in my constituency. This report, and the original proposal behind it, would have grave implications for business and individuals alike. Even though several important derogations were won in committee, the concept of the proposal remains impractical, untenable and unenforceable.
This is why, along with a number of colleagues, I have submitted an amendment which would have the Commission proposal rejected in its entirety. Indeed it seems to me that recent times have seen the transport industry being hit hard by piece after piece of excessive legislation. The by-word seems to be: if it moves, regulate it.
I have to justify to my constituents the ethics of a report which originally sought to bind road rescue services and public utility vehicles – all absolutely essential to society – to strict new working hours.
These requirements about working time prevent professionals from doing their job efficiently by imposing strict terms on when breaks have to be taken. Once again we see Europe hamstringing business rather than liberating it.
The introduction of a common range of penalties in particular is worrying. This clearly gives licence to interfere in matters of national sovereignty and national autonomy. Indeed the subsidiarity and extraterritoriality issues apparent in this report are clear examples of the report itself being over-extended.
British Conservatives by their very nature oppose such restrictive legislation being piled on business. We believe that this particular piece of legislation is unnecessary, highly excessive and has little relevance to the needs of business and employees alike. It takes no account of the need for flexibility in key areas of transport, pays scant regard to the consumer and seems contemptuous of the need for Europe's industry to remain competitive, a cornerstone of the Lisbon Declaration. I therefore have no hesitation in urging this House to support our key amendment to reject the proposal in its entirety."@en1
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