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"Mr President, there is a tradition in the Westminster Parliament that in one’s ‘maiden speech’ one makes reference to and pays tribute to the area one represents in a way that is relevant to the question in hand. In line with that tradition, as this is my first speech as an MEP the appropriate reference is the UNESCO World Heritage Site – the Derwent Valley Mills – which runs from the City of Derby, through Amber Valley and into the Derbyshire Dales, a site I was proud to chair for four years. It stands to benefit from ERDF funding and yet could be beset by similar sorts of EU-sourced problems that this question seeks to highlight: bureaucratic delay and not setting out parameters clearly.
What I speak in support of tonight is a cross-party question, and that strengthens the concerns expressed. It also demonstrates my political motto in action: ‘Work in the world as it is as well as working to change it’. Support for this question does not tie me, my delegation or my group into support for all aspects of regional and cohesion funding. As my hero, the great Samuel Johnson, put it in 1753, ‘Every man amuses himself with projects which he knows to be improbable, and which, therefore, he resolves to pursue without daring to examine them.’ Well, we are at least going some way towards examining them through this question, and I hope our actions will have a beneficial effect for funding partners, especially our key friends in local government, for recipients and, most important of all, our taxpayers, as I was delighted to hear Commissioner Creţu refer to in her comments already."@en1
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