President. – Question No 6 by Elizabeth Lynne (H-0769/05 )

Subject: Deregulation

Will the UK Presidency support José Manuel Barroso in his efforts to curb unnecessary and burdensome lawmaking initiatives from the European Commission? Despite assurances from this Presidency that it would act to prevent superfluous lawmaking and to promote the principle of subsidiarity, we see the UK Presidency arguing for the addition of impractical legislation, such as the protection of workers from sunlight in the directive on optical radiation. Will the Presidency seize the opportunity to help bring some sense to ‘joke’ EU lawmaking?