Conclusions and recommendations
1. If
the Commission's Work Programme is to be successfully pursued
there will have to be prior and ongoing consultation and dialogue
with national parliaments and discussion with them about the outcome
afterwards. (Paragraph 4)
2. We call on the
Commission to scrutinise its proposals for compliance with the
principle of subsidiarity at an earlier stage, before embarking
upon consultation, and in the case of prevention of violence at
work not to proceed with consultation unless it can explain what
possible Community action could comply with the principle of subsidiarity.
(Paragraph 10)
3. We clear the Work
Programme from scrutiny. (Paragraph 12)
4. We call on the
Commission to withdraw the Precious Metals Directive, and urge
the Government to press for its withdrawal, and for rules providing
that the Commission's legislative proposals lapse if no progress
has been made on them within a specified period. (Paragraph 14)
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