Lord Anderson of Swansea
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Erasmus Programme
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Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)
As I have just said, there were considerable benefits to being part of the Erasmus scheme, but of course the UK ceased to participate in Erasmus as a programme country after leaving the EU on 31 January 2020—a decision for which this Government were not responsible, but we need to clear up the mess.
Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab)
My Lords, what is the objection in principle to having youth exchanges as part of a reset?
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)
It is important that we provide opportunities for our young people to study and work abroad. That is what the Turing scheme is currently doing, to an extent. I am pleased that in the past year it ensured that disadvantaged students in particular were able to take advantage of it. As I have already said, as part of our reset, we will consider in the round any proposals that we believe to be of advantage to our country and to our young people.