20 February 2016
West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has today backed the campaign to remain in the European Union. Harriett Baldwin, MP for West Worcestershire, commented: "David Cameron has secured a special status for the UK in the EU. We enjoy the best of both worlds – sovereignty over our currency and interest rates, sovereignty over budget matters as a non-euro country and we are not part of the border-free Schengen area. But our farmers and businesses get access to an enormous market and we can choose to live, work, study, travel freely and own property in the EU with the same protections as at home. “Many jobs in Worcestershire and the UK hinge on this free movement of goods, workers and services around the EU. “Those advocating leaving the EU have not, to my mind, been able to show how they would retain the benefits of free trade in a single market, nor have they shown how we'd be able to influence future changes to EU laws that would affect us, nor how they would reduce the cost of membership nor even how our borders would be safer if we left. "David Cameron has shown how to stand up for Britain's interests in Europe, while Messrs Galloway, Carswell and Farage can't even agree what ‘Out’ looks like. Would you really want to leap in the dark with them? “Now that the negotiations are successfully concluded, I am pleased to back remaining in a reformed European Union in a referendum where my vote carries the same weight as everyone else's. ”