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lpv:speaker	lp:Phil Bennion2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I just want to explain why the ALDE Group could not support this motion, despite the fact that we are very much in favour of the introduction of digital tachographs. We put forward a lot of amendments to reduce the burden on small businesses, including the one which Mr Deß has just referred to on increasing the exemption area. None of these amendments were passed. We also had some destructive amendments from elsewhere which actually made the burdens greater. Therefore, we were unable to support this motion as a whole. There were also some issues from the Greens – which thankfully were rejected – which would have brought the weight down to 1.5 tonnes. This would have included all farmers’ pick-up trucks. Thankfully, that did not go through. Overall, we are in favour of the digital tachograph but we need to make sure that it is not a great burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. Therefore, we did not support this report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrats Party (2012-02-06--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2012-02-06--2014-06-30)3 substitute; TRAN (2012-02-22--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2012-03-12--2014-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2012-03-12--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2012-02-22--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Phil Bennion (ALDE )."1
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