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"Mr President, as the shadow rapporteur, I wish to raise four points on the Gill report. Firstly, on political party funding – the matter just raised by Mr van Dam – my Group considers that this funding should be in Parliament's
the Commission's budget. The reason is that we can be accountable: the rules are already set down and agreed between the three institutions. I understood that there was also a move by the Council of Ministers and the Commission to move this budget towards Parliament's financing. It is right and appropriate to show that we are responsible and accountable. An amendment has been tabled and I urge Members to vote – perhaps against their own groups – for Parliament to have control of the political party funding budget.
Secondly, on buildings, the Bureau has made too many decisions without referring back to the appropriate committee – the Committee on Budgets. I welcome Paragraph 40 of the Mrs Gill's report, which I broadly support. That calls on the Secretary-General to submit a report by 1 June 2004 outlining 'the functional justifications for the new building projects'. I hope that report will include the proposals for two new conference rooms here. The United Kingdom Conservatives and Socialists are opposed to those two conference rooms, as they would spoil the very pleasant entrance to the European Parliament by the flags. There is no functional justification. The conference rooms – in particular the large ones – are under-utilised. There is more than enough room, even with the enlargement countries, to provide all the necessary facilities. That is a very important matter and, in future, we at least will be requiring functional justification before spending is approved.
I should like to draw attention to a very positive amendment – of which I am sure Mrs Gill will approve – to Paragraph 28. This clarifies the movement towards more facilities to cover multilingualism, which is particularly important for enlargement. It concerns electronic guidance, computer workstations and directions to rooms. I know that as a new Member three years ago I had great difficulty in Brussels and Strasbourg even in finding rooms. Think of the language difficulties for Members from the new countries. Therefore, monitors and permanently-installed signs scrolling through the various languages would be a very important addition.
Finally, there is a reference in the report to the Court of Auditors. It does very important work and needs extra resources, a suggestion I fully endorse."@en1
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