Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-18-Speech-3-419"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060118.25.3-419"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-18-Speech-3-4202
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Bushill-matthews2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, on behalf of my colleagues I am delighted to welcome here the new SME Envoy. I speak today as a Vice-President of the SME circle here in Parliament, as well as the draftsman of the opinion on the Commission report for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. I am delighted to record that this opinion was not only passed unanimously in that committee, but that all its suggestions were incorporated into the final report by Mrs Vlasto which was also passed unanimously in the Committee on Industry. So I thank Mrs Vlasto for her cooperation and congratulate her on an excellent report. One might ask, then, why we are bothering to have a debate, especially at this very late hour, given this complete agreement on all sides of the House. I suggest that the answer is very simple: we do not want just a debate about SMEs, we want a debate that will lead to concrete action, and we want concrete action not just by Member States but also by the Commission. Commissioner, I welcome the comments you made elsewhere today that 2006 will be a year of delivery for SMEs. All of us want to help you deliver. We see ourselves as on the same side as you. I would just like to mention quickly three specific ideas. We want the voice of small businesses to be heard loudly, clearly and officially within the social dialogue, not to be drowned out by the larger social partners, as happens now. A concrete proposal has been promised. Can you please confirm when it will arrive, in what form it will arrive, and how we can help you to turn it into a reality when it does arrive? Secondly, the Charter has proposed that SMEs should be exempted from certain regulatory obligations. Can you please confirm whether the Commission will lead by example in this respect and, if so, when we can expect some concrete proposals from the Commission on this issue too? Finally, given that apparently there will be no more annual Charter reports from the Commission in future, how will the Commission ensure that issues facing SMEs remain increasingly front-of-mind within Member States, given the temptation for it to be weaker, rather than stronger?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2005-11-30--2007-01-14)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	"Philip Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs"1

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