Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-17-Speech-1-027"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031117.4.1-027"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-17-Speech-1-0282
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean Lambert2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I wish to bring to the House's attention the situation concerning a local councillor in Lancaster in the UK, who made public a decision made in secret by the cabinet of the City Council to suspend the local taxation owed to it by the local nuclear power station owned by British Energy. The Commission has indicated that this taxation relief could amount to the unlawful granting of state aid. In response to the publication of this information, this particular councillor, Councillor Dowding, has now been suspended for three months as a penalty for making public allegedly confidential information. Depriving the electorate of their only representation on the local council, and making an example of somebody who has brought to the public's attention an act which is not in the best interests either of that council or the European Union, is hardly an incentive to others to raise such issues. As the House is committed to transparency and financial probity, I am sure it will join with me in regretting the action of the Standards Committee."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lambert (Verts/ALE )."1

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