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  European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill - New Clause 10 - Implementation Period Negotiating Objectives: Erasmus+
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require the Government to seek to negotiate continuing full membership of the EU's Erasmus+ education and youth programme.
  @ MP voted no against requiring the Government to seek to negotiate continuing full membership of the EU's Erasmus+ education and youth programme.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring the Government to seek to negotiate continuing full membership of [https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus_en the European Union's Erasmus+ education and youth programme].
  
  MPs were considering the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.[1]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Implementation period negotiating objectives: Erasmus+'' and stated:
  
  :(1) It shall be an objective of the Government to secure an agreement within the framework of the future relationship of the UK and the EU before the end of the implementation period that enables the UK to participate in all elements of the Erasmus+ programme on existing terms after the implementation period ends (âthe Erasmus+ negotiationsâ).
  
  :(2) A Minister shall lay before each House of Parliament a progress report on the Erasmus+ negotiations within six months of this Act being passed.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
  :This new clause would require the Government to seek to negotiate continuing full membership of the EUâs Erasmus+ education and youth programme.
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-20/europeanunionwithdrawalagreement.html Parliament's webpage on the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill. Parliament.uk website]
  
  
  
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