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"en.20160509.15.1-092-000"2
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"Mr President, European regional aid and social funding make a difference. They bring people into the world of work, they help the vulnerable in our societies and they stop communities from being left behind. Examples in my own constituency include helping older people in Luton, the Prince’s Trust to help young people who have dropped out of education in Chelmsford, and helping rural businesses to set up in the Waveney Valley. This is social Europe. Altogether, the East of England will receive GBP 250 million in the next five years – in Norfolk and Suffolk alone supporting 5 000 businesses and creating 2 000 jobs.
Those in the British referendum who dismiss this simply as our own money should recognise that these EU funds leverage additional match funding that would not otherwise be attracted, include transnational partnerships where we can build bonds and learn from each other, and foster genuine European-level innovation for the benefit of all.
If we leave the EU and lose this funding, do Eurosceptics really argue that a British Government which has cut so much would give us any of that money back? Already the East of England is collaborating with Lower Austria, South Sweden, Prague and Helsinki on future plans for cohesion policy post-2020.
Tonight’s debate is about the future post-2020, and my own contribution seeks to argue that the United Kingdom must be part of it: British regions are stronger in Europe."@en1
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