EU Financial Management

I apologise for missing the start of the debate, which began earlier than I expected. Does the Minister accept that many concerns about irregularities in the budget are the result of action by so-called whistleblowers such as Miss Andreasen, Dorte Schmidt Brown and Jules Muis? Will he comment on how the European Union has dealt with those whistleblowers? Does he believe that the situation will improve, as we depend on such people raising concerns if we are to get to the bottom of issues such as fraud in the EU budget?