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"Madam President, I welcomed this positive vote. The reason I wanted to give a short explanation is because of the importance of this issue for the motor manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom, and particularly in the north-west of England.
Of course we should all continue to strive to mitigate further noise from vehicles and I think that goes without saying. However, we could have been in a position where we would have had unrealistic and arbitrary rules which would have restricted and perhaps put out of business our manufacturers of these sports cars. These manufacturers make a huge impact in the UK and – as mentioned – particularly in the north-west of England, employing thousands of constituents in highly skilled jobs and creating top-quality vehicles with advanced engineering and highly intelligent technology. So the implications of the vote going the wrong way would have been pretty catastrophic.
I would just finally like to say to the Commission that they should think very carefully when putting forward their draft regulations and directives on issues such as this and they should think through the impact when votes could go the wrong way, when we have an agenda for growth."@en1
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