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"Madam President, I asked for additional speaking time because I am aware that rapporteurs often do not have a chance to reply to particular points which could be cleared up during the debate.
Mr Pronk and others have explained the taxation issue very well to those – within his own political group and elsewhere – who have concerns about it. This is an indication that there are issues which need to be looked at.
As regards Amendment Nos 44 and 45, I would urge Mr Bushill-Matthews, amongst others, to look at Amendment Nos 51 and 52 and to see if he cannot at least support them.
As regards one or two comments on Article 3 and the scope of the regulation, if they are references to the issues about refugees and stateless people, then they are already included in the current regulation. This is not an addition but a rewording, because the original proposal – which was a rather elegant, all-embracing one from the Commission – had to be changed because the issue of third-country nationals was dealt with some time ago in a separate proposal under the able rapporteurship of Mrs Oomen-Ruijten.
The issue of moving for family reasons is included not least because, as I indicated, it is a question that the advice services say comes up very frequently. It was also the subject of a significant case in the Committee on Petitions. A British woman who moved from the UK in order to follow her husband in his work as a member of the armed forces discovered that she fell between two stools in terms of her entitlement to unemployment benefit. If she had known how to work the system better in terms of nuancing it, she would not have been caught by resigning four days before moving. Therefore, that particular issue is there because it affects a large number of people.
I would like to thank colleagues for a very focused and informed debate. I hope we manage to get a very positive vote from Parliament tomorrow."@en1
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