Euro-Parliament votes for ignorance, claims Euro-MP
October 23, 2002 12:00 AM
A West Midlands Euro-MP has expressed disappointment at today's vote of the European Parliament on the Employment and Social Affairs Committee's Report on the Community Health and Safety Strategy 2002-2006.
Liz Lynne MEP had attempted to amend the report at committee stage to ensure that the European Commission undertake comprehensive impact assessments on all upcoming health and safety legislation, and that they take into account the latest in medical and scientific evidence. Due to procedural rules she was unable to retable these amendments for the final plenary vote today, and instead recommended to the European Liberal Democrat group to abstain on the report.
Commenting on the vote, the Liberal Democrat MEP said:
"The Commission's failure to carry out proper research in health and safety issues has been highlighted twice this year:"
"Firstly, it proposed a whole range of restrictions in its Vibrations Directive that would have had a huge impact on farming and other industries without taking into account the latest scientific evidence that implied much of it was wholly unnecessary;
"Secondly, it proposed a similar set of restrictions in its Noise Directive without even considering how they might affect the music and pub industries."
"I am pro-European. That is why such blunders annoy me because I realise how they undermine the EU's credibility with the general public. MEPs need to recognise that their task is to decide on legislation for the real world, not good intentions."
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