Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-09-Speech-2-057"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-02-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presentation of the College of Commissioners and statement on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20100209.4.2-057"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-09-Speech-2-0582
lpv:speaker	lp:John Bufton2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I must raise what I believe is a very important issue in relation to the United Kingdom. Currently in the UK, we enjoy an opt-out from the 48-hour working week. However, after listening to Mr Andor at the hearings – I have nothing against Mr Andor personally – I am very concerned about the direction in which I believe he will take us. It is quite likely, in my view, that the UK will lose the opt-out. If we do, three million people in our country are going to lose out on this. They enjoy working extra hours. Our retained fire service in the UK – in particular in my region, Wales, where 75% of it is covered by retained officers – is under threat. We have a general election coming soon, and I call upon all the British MEPs present today to vote against the new Commission on the basis that, if this 48-hour working opt-out is lost for the good people of my country, it will cause us grave consequences. It is up to them. The three million people will be watching how they vote, as I will."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EFD (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; United Kingdom Independence Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"John Bufton (EFD )."1
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