John Hutton Quotes

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• At the heart of these challenges lies the question of how the institutions of the European Union make laws, the types of laws they pass…
• As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.
• So that we focus not on competing visions for Europe but on what Europe can do to improve economic growth, to give us a cleaner…
• This call for a new culture is not a new idea.
• But let no one be under any doubt that the scale of the challenge that Europe faces in this emerging global economy is immense and…
• The challenge to our national economies and the collective economy of Europe will become - with the growth of China and the continuing productivity growth…
• For many Europeans the next decade looks to be filled with threats rather than opportunities.
• But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways…
• We must seek to persuade member states and institutions that better regulation in Europe does not mean cutting health and safety in the workplace, nor…
• Yet in order to make sure the European social model keeps up with the pace of economic change that is now necessary, the EU must…
• More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU.
• Our objective must therefore be to ensure EU better regulation contributes towards delivering a modern European Union which relentlessly focuses on building a dynamic and…
• And, in the past, it has been all too easy for legislators to load costs onto business in order to meet broader social goals. And…
• There is no such thing as free regulation.
• Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union.
• Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide…
• Here in the UK the government has decided to accept the recommendations of the Better Regulation Task Force to measure and make targeted reductions in…
• But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth.
• But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account.…
• For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long,…

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