Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-12-Speech-1-059"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-12"^^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.20070312.16.1-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-12-Speech-1-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerard Batten2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, last week the European Union announced plans to phase out incandescent light bulbs by 2009. Europe currently consumes about two billion such bulbs per annum and simply does not have the manufacturing capability to make two billion alternative lamps. Demand would require about 300 new production lines – that is about 75 new production lines for each one of Europe’s four main lamp manufacturers. None of them currently has more than ten production lines. The cost of new machinery alone would be about GBP 450 million. If this undertaking is enforced, then the lamps will have to be sourced from elsewhere – probably China – if indeed it can meet the demand. Did anyone on the Council of Ministers not think to ask if we had any new light bulbs in the cupboard before they decided to throw away the old ones? This is another example of what the European Union does best, which is driving business elsewhere and destroying jobs."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Gerard Batten (IND/DEM ). –"1

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