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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discrimination and equal treatment in the workplace2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001004.8.3-173"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-04-Speech-3-1742
lpv:speaker	lp:Elizabeth Lynne2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to congratulate Mr Cashman for an excellent report and for taking on board a lot of the points that were raised in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. I found it very useful working so closely together on Article 13 across the board under the Hughes' procedure. The Action Programme must enable groups that are discriminated against to take action themselves. It must ensure equal access to the programme for disabled people and it must make sure that funding does not fall below the preparatory actions. We must also prepare further for anti-discrimination legislation on all grounds in the future, including a disability directive. It has been brought home very strongly to me how we much need one in the light of the Article 13 hearings. Jenny was from the Access Charter, she was the coordinator for the group and I invited her to the hearings on Article 13. To start, with she could not get into Parliament except through the swing doors. Next we booked a disabled access hotel only to find that a single bed was put across the bathroom. She tried to get a taxi in Brussels and was refused. She tried to get into a restaurant to have a meal and was refused entry on the grounds that her physical appearance would put other diners off. The final indignity was that when she went to Brussels airport she was subjected to a full body search and then, when she remonstrated, was told: "Have a nice trip, I hope your plane crashes." That is why we need anti-discrimination legislation. Briefly, on the employment directive, I would like to congratulate Thomas Mann for an excellent report. Again this was a close working relationship. This is ground-breaking legislation and it is a gigantic step forward but we must go even further. I also urge you to vote for the amendment by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on age. Discrimination on any grounds is wrong, equally wrong. We must vote for both these pieces of legislation tomorrow and at long last demonstrate our commitment to stamping out discrimination in all its forms."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)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 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Lynne (ELDR ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Social and Economic Affairs. –"1

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