Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-11-Speech-2-083"
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It is now 20 years since it became compulsory in Britain for car drivers and front-seat passengers to wear seat belts. That law has saved an average of 7 lives every day. Yet lives are still being needlessly lost because those rules do not apply to coach passengers.
Too often the European Parliament becomes bogged down with regulations which do little to help our constituents. This directive is our chance to make a real difference - to reduce the tragic waste of lives lost on our roads.
That is why the British Conservatives welcome this report and congratulate all of those who have helped to bring forward these long-overdue measures.
However, we are disappointed that the proposals do not go further. It is time that the safety of children on school buses was given the consideration that it so urgently needs.
It is unacceptable that children are being taken to school on buses without seatbelts and that many children are forced to stand due to there being too few seats."@en1
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