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David Nuttall Excerpts
Thursday 20th October 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Jones Portrait Mr Jones
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No. Over the coming months the Government will consult all interested parties—including the devolved Administrations, who clearly have an interest in this policy—to ensure that future funding commitments represent value for money and are in line with our strategic priorities.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that one great advantage of the UK leaving the EU is that it will give us greater flexibility over how we spend our regional aid, and that as we will no longer be paying as a net contributor to the EU, we will have more money to spend on these schemes?