Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-29-Speech-1-121"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equality in access to and supply of goods and services2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040329.12.1-121"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-29-Speech-1-1222
lpv:speaker	lp:Elspeth Attwooll2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to congratulate Mrs Prets on her report and to thank her for her cooperation in respect of the opinion from the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. I can understand the concerns of the insurance industry. The proposal will bring considerable changes to its practices and at present it is uncertain as to how to go about implementing these changes. Understandably, industry never likes uncertainty. However, I do not understand industry's argument that the current use of gender to differentiate premiums and benefits is not discriminatory because it is based on objective factors. Even if it is the case that on average young men have more car accidents than young women, or that on average women live longer than men, this is not true of all individuals, and these individuals are disadvantaged accordingly. In any event, the existence of objective differences, whether between individuals or groups, is not of itself sufficient grounds for according them unequal treatment. There must be a sound political justification for doing so. I have to say that in the 21st century I do not believe that such a justification can be provided where the routine provision of goods and services to men and women is concerned, any more than it could be where other such socially constructed groupings were involved. If I speak with some feeling on the matter it is because, on several occasions in my own life, I have experienced the kind of discrimination that this directive is intended to prevent. I do not want to see new generations bearing the same scars. I would ask insurance companies to look to see whether the changes might not actually afford opportunities to them. I would not willingly purchase an annuity because I do not believe it would offer a financially advantageous way of arranging my affairs. Perhaps I am not the only woman who feels this way."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-05-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Attwooll (ELDR ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs."1

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