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Jim Cunningham Excerpts

Tuesday 11th December 2018 Commons Chamber

[John Glen]

The City remains very concerned to secure a deal in order to maximise the strong relationship that we have with the EU and with the rest of the world.

[Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab)]

What impact will Brexit have on our universities, particularly in Coventry? More importantly, our universities do projects with Europe and also work closely with the manufacturing industry, including companies such as Jaguar Land Rover. What are we going to do about that?

[Mr Hammond]

Our university sector is a vital asset to the UK. Over the past decade we have seen the universities working much more closely with industry, and that relationship is having a positive and advantageous effect on the growth profile and the technology uptake in the economy. As we leave the European Union, it is vital that our universities are able to go on exchanging students and teaching staff with European institutions, and we will do everything we can to ensure that that happens.