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"Mr President, I would like to make a few remarks in response to Mr Hughes' observations. I would agree, as I hope all sides of the House would agree, that harassment is a serious problem wherever it occurs. It may only occur on some occasions, in some companies, with some people, but whenever it does occur it is a serious problem for those people and must be deplored and indeed addressed.
By harassment at the 'workplace' we do not just mean at the traditional workplace, between employee and employee, or employer and employee, but also at places such as schools, between pupils and teachers, where cases of harassment and bullying are increasingly common. However, in all those circumstances I fundamentally disagree with Mr Hughes on his key point that wherever there is a problem the solution always has to be legislation, and that wherever there has to be legislation the solution is always legislation at EU level.
We need better management and we need to pay closer attention to the issue, but that does not mean we need a legalistic approach. We need a commonsense approach rather than EU law. I agree with the Commissioner and think she is right to reject the criticism that was made of her and should continue to do so. It is true, as Mr Hughes said, that some officials in DG-Employment take a different view. There are many people and, I hope, an increasingly large group of people who will take a different view.
Finally, and perhaps in a lighter vein, Mr Hughes talks about psychological harassment at the workplace. I face constant psychological harassment at my workplace, which is the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, mainly because I constantly have to address reports by Mr Hughes. I suspect that legislation is not going to stop that from occurring!"@en1
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