Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-23-Speech-3-344"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-02-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Health and safety at the workplace2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050223.20.3-344"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-23-Speech-3-3452
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Bushill-matthews2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, all parties across this House clearly agree on the importance of health and safety in general, and on health and safety at work in particular. It is very good that this should be so. However, I disagree completely with the last speaker, who maintained that the Commission has been complacent in this area. Far from it; I would congratulate the Commission on producing a report that has covered this important issue with a firm but light touch. The rapporteur, however, has chosen to use a somewhat heavier hand. The Commission report mentions simplified and improved benchmarking and the importance of existing legislation being evenly applied in all Member States. It points out that Belgium, France and Ireland have not yet provided any information. It also mentions the importance of developing non-legislative instruments for the protection of workers. I can agree with all of that. The rapporteur has used the opportunity to call for further legislation and to highlight the importance of extending the powers of trade unions. I do not agree with that and hence will be supporting the amendments of my colleague, Mrs Weisgerber. Rather mischievously, the rapporteur has also used the opportunity of this health and safety report to promote, on the apparent basis of health and safety, the Atypical Workers Directive concerned with temporary agency work. I also notice efforts to undermine the proposed Services Directive on the same spurious grounds. I cannot support either attempt. I understand the determination of the Left to use every possible chance to derail the Lisbon Agenda by promoting the first directive and emasculating the second, but I am sure that the Commission as a whole will not be taken in for one moment. It was a good try, though. I know that the rapporteur has put a lot of time and thought into this report. I agree with some of his points, but I hope he will forgive me for saying, as respectfully as I can, that I prefer the original Commission document."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2005-11-29)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2004-08-31--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-02-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-24--2007-06-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE )."1

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