Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2013-03-12-Speech-2-703-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2013-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20130312.52.2-703-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2013-03-12-Speech-2-704-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Nicole Sinclaire2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, democracy is far from perfect. While I feel that there should be some protection for some smaller countries, I think it is only fair to inform you that my country, the United Kingdom, is greatly under-represented. In fact, I represent a region, the West Midlands, which has some 5 million people. At the last election, six of us were elected, so that was about 900 000 people each. We have Maltese MEPs and Luxembourgish MEPs, with populations of half a million also returning six MEPs. Now, I make a great effort in communicating with my constituents, but my allowances have to stretch to 5 million people, whereas an MEP from Luxembourg or Malta – with only 500 000 and a much smaller geographical area – is put at great advantage. I do not think that is taken into consideration."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-03-29--2014-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; NA (2010-01-18--2014-06-30)3 unknown; We Demand a Referendum (2012-09-13--2014-06-30)3 substitute; FEMM (2012-02-08--2014-06-30)3 member; PETI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2012-03-29--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1 "Nicole Sinclaire (NI ). -"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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