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"Mr President, my father is a small businessman. He owns an electrical company and was only given the opportunity to set up this company due to the tax breaks and opportunities given to him by the Conservative Prime Minister and true Eurosceptic, Margaret Thatcher, back in the 1980s.
Like all small businessmen, he is overburdened with red tape and regulation – much of it emanating from this place, the European Parliament. My father’s small business remains small. However, these kinds of businesses are the bedrock of the British economy and they amount to a staggering 73% of all businesses in the UK.
My father drives a van, and like many small businesses, he is struggling due to the recession. I have a grave concern that this legislation will put small businesses like my father’s out of business for ever, because we are told that this legislation will, in fact, put up to EUR 5 000 on the price of vans. Small businessmen can ill afford this cost at a time of economic strife.
The gentleman from the Socialists said that this is a good day for climate change policy in the EU. However, if this goes through, I guarantee it will be a bad day for small businessmen across the continent."@en1
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