Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-14-Speech-2-049"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030114.2.2-049"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-14-Speech-2-0502
lpv:speaker	lp:Jeffrey Titford2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, in this legislation I detect a worrying and sinister extension of the scope of Community power. It seems to me that the Commission is no longer content just to set harmonised standards; it is now moving firmly into setting standards and priorities for enforcement. Within the narrow confines of this legislation, ensuring standards for adequate enforcement certainly has its own internal logic, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Road transport enforcement is carried out by a variety of agencies, most of which have multiple responsibilities and duties. In this instance, the main burden will fall on police forces whose duties also extend to dealing with a wide range of criminal matters outside the scope of this regulation and the scope of Community law. With resources painfully limited, the decisions on how these resources should be employed should be local decisions, based on an assessment of the needs of the local communities and their different patterns. In this context, where the officers who deal with transport matters also deal with crime, such as burglary and other accident prevention, Community requirements in this specific area will almost certainly lead to a distortion of priorities, dictated not by local needs but by a supranational authority which has neither knowledge nor understanding of local conditions. As a result, national authorities, in their haste to conform with the requirements of the Commission in this area, will be neglecting other duties which are actually far more important. It is not unrealistic, therefore, to suggest that burglars will be able to roam free because police management, under pressure from national authorities, is more concerned with satisfying Community requirements. This is simply not acceptable. I will therefore be voting against this regulation."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Titford (EDD )."1

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