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"Madam President, the European Social Fund’s remit is to invest in people and to support employment, especially amongst the young who see their futures receding in a Europe of austerity and unemployment. I know the EU food aid programme, the Fund for European Aid for the Most Deprived, is also to receive its funding through the ESF.
In my constituency of the West Midlands, my office has collected over three tonnes of food for distribution to food banks. Across the country, more than 350 000 people are dependent on these food banks to feed themselves and their families. It has been estimated that if current trends continue, more than half a million people could be receiving food parcels by 2016. These are basic supplies, not luxury foods and wine such as those that will be enjoyed in the Members’ dining room today.
A recent study found that malnutrition is on the rise in the UK. One in ten older people are malnourished. This fact is a warning sign and it is where the problem first becomes apparent. The Archbishop of Canterbury just three days ago insisted on a plea for more financial support for the rapidly expanding network of food banks. We see it here debating new legislation whilst people are suffering back home.
There is a joke that is popular in England at the moment. President Barroso is asked by a Greek citizen: Have we achieved full European integration? The answer from Barroso is: Oh no, it will get a lot worse yet."@en1
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