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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-11-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Seafarers’ hours of work – Organisation of working time2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991103.7.3-094"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-03-Speech-3-0952
lpv:speaker	lp:Elizabeth Lynne2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I congratulate Mrs Smet on her report. I should like to concentrate on two specific categories: junior doctors and fishermen. Concerning junior doctors, I was delighted that the European Parliament, in committee, has agreed on Amendment No 5 with regard to a transitional period of four years instead of the Council position of nine years, which I believe is too long. Doctors have our lives in their hands. It is important that they are included in the working time directive. I was worried about the weekly working hours and how they should not exceed the 54 hours over a four-month reference period. That is why I would like you, for the same reasons, to support Amendment No 10 tabled in my name. I should like to mention here that on the order paper it looks as if I had taken out some of the recital 11. In fact my amendment is purely and simply an addition, an add-on to recital 11. I am not taking out anything in that. I ask for your support. It is important also with derogations on minimum daily rest periods that we still have adequate rest for doctors. I know doctors in the UK who work 56-hour shifts consecutively; 9 am on Saturday to 5 p.m. on Monday is not uncommon. We are not asking for an 11-hour rest period. We are asking for, say, six hours within a 24-hour period. That is not asking too much. If doctors do not get that their judgment will suffer. We do not allow people to drink and drive because their coordination is gone. I do not believe we should allow junior doctors to be able to practice medicine. I urge you to support Amendment No 10."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lynne (ELDR )."1

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