Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-012"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.5.2-012"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-0132
lpv:speaker	lp:Stephen Hughes2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I wish to congratulate the rapporteur on his work, which, of course, was not appreciated by the Committee on Transport and Tourism. I too regret the violence that we saw yesterday, but we must understand the frustration that the dockers are feeling at the moment. This is a most ill-informed proposal from the Commission. It is an absolute insult to Parliament that it was brought back in virtually the same form within 18 months of its initial rejection. It is a real insult to the only directly-elected democratic institution at European level. The Commission should have thought very carefully after that initial rejection. As was the case with the Services Directive, there is some really flawed thinking at the centre of this directive. The idea of self-handling is ludicrous. It is a recipe for disaster and a health and safety nightmare. What we need in the loading and unloading of cargo is a dedicated, trained, experienced set of people, not an onboard workforce which would be exposed to the dangers of hurriedly loading and unloading cargo. Pilotage was included in this proposal. I represent Teesport in the north-east of England, which is one of the busiest ports in Europe and serves a massive chemical industrial complex. Highly volatile cargoes enter and leave that port every day. The notion that you can tender for piloting services for ships of that description in order to secure the lowest price is, again, ludicrous. It would put in danger not only the workers involved but also the entire population of my region. The Commission should have done the sensible thing: it should have revised this proposal completely before it brought it forward. I hope that it will readily withdraw it when we reject it tomorrow, as I am sure we will."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Stephen Hughes (PSE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs"1

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