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lpv:speaker	lp:Jean Lambert2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as we have heard, my Group also welcomes the Directive and the work of the rapporteur and the negotiating team, and we thoroughly agree with what has been said about the importance of decent work. I would also like to explain to my confused UK colleague that the UK is actually not signing up to this Directive, so some of what was said simply does not apply in this case. But in terms of the important sectors of the workforce listed here, one of which is agriculture, we go to a lot of effort to produce food in the European Union and we are rightly concerned about food waste, yet we have seen a situation where it can be left to rot in the fields because we cannot get a local workforce necessary to complete the harvest. That applies even in some Member States with high unemployment rates and high regional rates. As people have said, there is a long-standing concern here about the conditions for workers in seasonal work, whether EU nationals or third-country nationals. The risk of exploitation, the lack of effective inspection and redress and, at times, an unclear migration status are also a barrier to protection. This gives that clear set of social rights – including accommodation, which has been a major issue and where we have seen people expected to live in horrendous conditions and then charged effectively the whole of their income for it. Like others, we would like to have seen more within this Directive, but we think it is important for the possibilities and the protection it offers. We look forward to its full and effective implementation."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jean Lambert (Verts/ALE ). -"1
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