Jim Cunningham
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(7 years, 7 months ago)
Commons ChamberI was going to call the hon. Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham), but he does not seem to be standing—
What we have said is that where EU funding is awarded to projects involving universities, businesses, external research institutes and farmers between now and the point of our departure from the European Union, provided those awards meet our value-for-money criteria and have the support of the UK or devolved Administration Department responsible, the Treasury will underwrite those awards. We expect that in any settlement with the European Union, the Commission will go on paying those awards after we have left, but if it does not we will stand behind them.