Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-10-Speech-1-060"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020610.4.1-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-10-Speech-1-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Linda McAVAN2
lpv:spoken text	". – Mr President, Mr Corbett's report is excellent and I am very glad that it has finally found its way here so we can vote on it. Not only will it make our lives easier by shortening our voting times, more importantly, it will make what we do in this House more transparent, more comprehensible to the outside world, because votes would focus on the key issues without taking away the right of minorities to express views. Focusing on the issue of urgencies and the changes proposed by Mr Corbett, I know some Members are concerned at how human rights and topical and urgent items will be dealt with if the present procedure is abolished. What is proposed gives us a much better option. For human rights, the relevant committee – the Committee on Foreign Affairs – would bring forward a resolution on human rights. That means that human rights would be dealt with in exactly the same way as any other important issue in this House, in committee, in a considered manner, rather than rushed through on a Thursday afternoon in Strasbourg when very few Members are here. I hope that we in this House will support this very important proposal and work better on human rights. I have been an MEP for four years and since I have been here there have been constant complaints that there are too many votes, we do not know what we are voting for, there are hundreds of amendments in plenary. If we want to change that, we have to vote on this report and vote for change. Unless we do, there will be no change, we will be back to the status quo and the complaints will continue. Please support the Corbett report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2003-06-01)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"McAvan (PSE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy"1

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