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Leaving the European Union

Proceeding contribution from Daniel Zeichner (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 March 2019. It occurred during e-petition debate on Leaving the European Union.

I agree entirely. Just the other day, I was calling on people when canvassing in Cambridge, and was struck by the number of people I was coming across who were raising personal experiences. Very senior engineers were telling me that they were applying for jobs in Switzerland because the research funding upon which they rely through the Europe Research Council will be going there. They have no desire to go and previously had no expectation that they would ever seek to leave such a wonderful place as Cambridge, but if that is where the research money is going, that is where scientists will go. It is a global set-up, and we risk doing huge harm to our industries and our universities.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
656 c4WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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