Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-09-20-Speech-3-013"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000920.2.3-013"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-09-20-Speech-3-0142
lpv:speaker	lp:Eluned Morgan2
lpv:spoken text	"I would like to raise as a point of order the fact that the Quaestors have made a recommendation that during constituency weeks next year MEPs should be allowed a daily allowance if they are in Brussels. I would like to urge you, Madam President and the Bureau members – I understand this is coming on your agenda very soon – to think very carefully before taking this decision because constituency weeks are a very good idea. There is a desperate need for MEPs to communicate with the electorate in a much more effective way. The fact that we had such a poor turnout in the European elections proves that this is the case and, if we allow people to sign in during constituency weeks, we are undermining the whole point of them. We are giving fuel to the Eurosceptics who think that we are pumping up our own expenses and we look like hypocrites at a time when we are asking the Commission to reform. Madam President, I urge you and the Bureau members to consider this issue very carefully and turn down the request by the Quaestors."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Morgan (PSE )."1

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