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dcterms:Date	"2013-11-19"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20131119.46.2-655-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2013-11-19-Speech-2-656-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Howitt2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, my own East of England region has benefited in the current term from GBP 100 million in regional funds with a programme to help our businesses convert to low-carbon growth, and GBP 200 million in social funds helping 2500 people find or stay in work. They are helping people with basic numeracy and literacy in Norfolk and Suffolk; stopping prisoners from reoffending in Hertfordshire; helping disabled people qualify as car mechanics in Cambridgeshire and mentoring young people in Luton. But Commissioners, I am very concerned that under the regulations being voted this week, the British Government plans to manage the Structural Funds by national rather than regional committees. Already, the UK Government’s failure to pass audit arrangements has seen payments to my region suspended, even though the error rate in the East of England is only 0.2%, compared with 12.6% nationally. We risk losing two million from previously agreed EU funding allocation. Will the Commission now ensure that in Britain, as elsewhere, principles of local partnership and of additionality are fully observed so that no money is lost? Finally, having campaigned against Britain’s opposition to drawing down ESF monies for Britain’s food banks, I also note that the UK Government has now conceded that it will spend the new minimum of 3.5 million, but I deeply regret that it has rejected the 22 million in the original plan, literally taking food out of the mouths of the hungry."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Richard Howitt (S&D ). -"1
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