Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-13-Speech-4-036"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sustaining the commitments, increasing the pace2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020613.2.4-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-13-Speech-4-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would just like to address this question of better regulation. I congratulate the Commission on its proposals, particularly its recommendations on economic impact assessments. The Commission's proposals will only be effective if the other two institutions – the Council and Parliament – follow suit. Mr Chichester's amendment seeks to alter paragraph 25, which was my original amendment in committee, calling upon Parliament in essence to carry out its own economic impact assessments. I believe that we should do this at second reading, once we have received the common position from the Council and we know what Parliament's amendments were at first reading. We should have an independent unit seeking to assess exactly what the impact of the legislation is, with a rigorous cost-benefit analysis, as Mr Ford has said, albeit not to substitute for decision-making, but to ensure that all decisions taken by Parliament are informed. It may well be that even if we recognise there are costs involved, we feel the legislation is very important. But Parliament has to follow the example of the Commission on that, otherwise it will not work. Indeed, so should the Council. The Council is very good at adding amendments to legislation without actually working out how much they are going to cost. That is a vital challenge to Parliament. Finally, the Lisbon agenda will only work if we focus on the skills issue. Lifelong learning has to be meaningful, not just a slogan. We have to make sure our workforce has the proper skills to be able to develop our economy, because our competitive advantage is largely skills-based and that is where the future of the European economy lies."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-03-13--2002-09-24)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2002-09-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2003-05-20)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Titley (PSE )."1

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