HERE in the Yorkshire and Humber region, like the rest of Britain, we see many benefits of our continued relationship with Europe.

The EU is Britain’s largest market. British exports to the EU accounted for £229 billion in 2014.

Here in Yorkshire and the Humber, we exported £8.4 billion worth of goods to the EU in 2014, which equates to 49 per cent of the total goods exported.

In the last five years, there have been 157 investment projects from the EU in Yorkshire and the Humber, creating or protecting almost 12,000 jobs. And we have companies like Santander and Haribo investing in the Yorkshire and the Humber Region.

Nationally, many independent studies have shown that over three million jobs in Britain are linked to Britain’s trade with Europe. In Yorkshire and the Humber, 250,000 jobs are linked to the trade with the EU.

With such investment from the EU, we believe that Britain is stronger, safer and better off in Europe than out on its own.

We risk our prosperity, threaten our safety and diminish our influence in the world.

The benefits clearly outweigh the risks.

I therefore urge the residents of Yorkshire and the Humber to make the right decision on June 23.

Kamran Hussain, Chair of Yorkshire and Humber Liberal Democrats Policy and EU Referendum campaign