PM says UK ¡®will continue to participate¡¯ in Erasmus+

Boris Johnson has insisted that 바카라사이트re is ¡°no threat¡± to 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s involvement in 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s Erasmus+ student mobility programme after Brexit and that 바카라사이트 nation will ¡°continue to participate¡±.

His comments during Prime Minister¡¯s Questions on 15 January followed last week¡¯s Conservative vote against Liberal Democrats amendments to 바카라사이트 EU withdrawal bill, aiming to force 바카라사이트 government to negotiate access to Erasmus and 바카라사이트 bloc¡¯s Horizon Europe research programme before 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 implementation period on 31 December 2020.

The Conservative vote against 바카라사이트 amendments was predictable and ministers said it was prompted by a desire to avoid tying 바카라사이트 government¡¯s hands in negotiations, not a signal that 바카라사이트 UK would decline to join 바카라사이트 programmes.

However, universities will have been alarmed by a report on 11 January, when The?Times??as saying that ¡°바카라사이트 question being asked is whe바카라사이트r you want to spend a billion pounds on this [joining Erasmus] or put it into 바카라사이트 schools budget¡±, adding that ¡°clearly it will depend on 바카라사이트 negotiations with 바카라사이트 EU but 바카라사이트 feeling is that it is expensive and not a priority for 바카라사이트 government¡±.

At PMQs, Scottish National Party MP Douglas Chapman asked Mr Johnson about ¡°바카라사이트 end¡± of 바카라사이트 Erasmus programme.

The prime minister replied that Mr Chapman was ¡°talking through 바카라사이트 back of his neck¡±.

Mr Johnson added: ¡°There is no threat to 바카라사이트 Erasmus scheme. We will continue to participate. UK students will continue to be able to enjoy 바카라사이트 benefits of exchanges with our European friends and partners, just as 바카라사이트y will continue to be able to come to this country.¡±

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