9 Amendments of Chris DAVIES related to 2011/2202(DEC)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that Parliament on 16 February 2012 affirmed that the real and biggest saving could be made by having a single seat, and calls on the Secretary General to bring forward within six months a formal evaluation of the financial benefits that would be secured, with a view to presenting this to the Council of Ministers;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point i
Paragraph 24 – point i
(i) to propose arrangements to ensure that the General Expenditure allowance is transparent in all cases and that it is used for the purposes for which it is intended (paragraph 6); expects such proposals to be presented to the Committee on Budgetary Control before 2012 Parliamentary summer recess;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Insists that, in accordance with Parliament's commitment to transparency and sound financial management, the Secretary-General should ensure that copies of all reports prepared by the Internal Audit Service are made available for inspection by any Member, subject if necessary to the removal of references within them that would identify specific individuals;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Notes that the arrangements for Members to sign in order to claim attendance allowance continue to be a source of public criticism, particularly when Members sign for a day at 07.00 and immediately then depart, and recommends that the procedure be restricted other than during plenary sessions to the normal working hours of the Parliament, vis. 09.00-18.30;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. NotBelieves that, on 5 July 2010, the Bureau adopted Parliament's updated Communication Strategy integrating the project of the House of European History and that, in September 2010, an international jury examined that projects; further notes that use was not made of budget chapter 1 0 6 ‘Reserve for priority projects under development’ for this project as all the appropriations of that chapter (EUR 5 000 000) were transferred to chapter 2 1 0 ‘Computing and telecommunications’; reiterates its expectation that the cost plan contained in the Business Plan should be strictly adhered to the building of a museum is not an appropriate use of the Parliament's funds, and calls for an immediate halt to development of the House of European History and for the Secretary-General urgently to present recommendations for winding up the project at least possible cost;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Regrets that EuroparlTV cannot be considered to be a success story in view of its very low number of direct individual users (excluding viewers through partnership agreements with regional TVs) in spite of the considerable financing that it received in 2010, amounting to some EUR 9 000 000 (item 3 2 4 6); welcomes the efforts made to reduce this budget by 14 % (to EUR 8 000 000) in 2011 and in the subsequent years; calls however for a costrecognises with regret, however, that further subsidy cannot be justified and calls on the Secretary- bGenefit evaluation of Europarl TVral to present proposals to its competent committee for the closure of the operation;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Expresses concern that media coverage of Parliament's work is discouraged by the requirement that broadcasters using Parliament's studios in Brussels and Strasbourg are required to pay satellite charges, and requests the Secretary-General to bring forward costed proposals to enable such charges to be met by Parliament;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69 a. Recognises that holders of expensive air tickets arrive at their destination at the same time as those holding cheaper ones; believes that Parliament should introduce restrictions on the use of business class tickets by Members and staff, and calls on the Secretary-General to propose a range of options for the competent committee's consideration;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73a. Recognises that two-thirds of payments into the fund were made directly by Parliament rather than by individual members; reminds members of the Fund that their contributions were voluntary, and insists that Parliament should make no further financial contribution towards meeting payments or reducing the deficit of a Fund that may not have been structured satisfactorily from the outset;