Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-10-Speech-1-099"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Parliamentary immunity2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020610.5.1-099"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-10-Speech-1-1002
lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Corbett2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to first congratulate both rapporteurs for their excellent work but my comments will be addressed to the Duff report. Mr Duff took a difficult report on a subject that was triggered by a particular case of high controversy and which remains a particular case of high controversy and where my side of the House still differs substantially in its views from many of those on the other side of the House. Nevertheless, in taking on that case, Mr Duff managed to produce consensus by focusing on the procedures and not on the particular case, and he did this with considerable skill. If I may return a compliment to him that he paid me earlier this evening, every parliament needs an Andrew Duff. My group can therefore support what he has done: the clarity with which he has drafted these new Rules and the innovations therein – the innovation that opens the door for us, as a parliament, to assert the immunity of a Member where no request has been forwarded to us to waive it, but proceedings have been started in a Member State, or may be started, and the innovation that there may indeed be more than one national authority that is competent to request the waiver of immunity. All that, in my opinion, is to the good. My group will, therefore, be voting for his report but we are still debating paragraph 8 of amendment 2, where we do have a fear that, in essence, it contradicts the previous paragraphs in the report, and where it opens the door to Parliament becoming involved in the substance of a case rather than in whether or not there should be a waiver of immunity. That wording is one on which we may request a split vote and vote against. But we are still open to dialogue with the rapporteur on this because we know what an excellent job he has done."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Corbett (PSE )."1

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