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West Midlands Liberal Democrat MEP gains victory for bare chested builders

6.01.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Wed 7th Sep 2005

MEPs today backed a compromise negotiated by Liberal Democrat MEP and shadow rapporteur for the Optical Radiation Directive Liz Lynne to allow member states to decide whether to introduce the anti-sun directive. The decision on whether Bare-chested builders and other outdoor workers will have to cover up has been left to national governments after a vote today in the European Parliament.

Liz Lynne, West Midlands Liberal Democrat MEP said "This is a victory for common sense, it is no business of the EU to decide whether workers can wear shorts and be bare-chested. I wanted to take natural radiation out of the directive completely but we now have the next best thing, leaving it up to Member States, to decide whether they legislate or not, all other references to natural radiation have been taken out."

Liz Lynne concluded by saying "All people should be made aware of the dangers of the sun, but to tell employers to do this is taking the nanny knows best mentality too far".

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