EU Financial Management

On my hon. Friend’s point about Venus and Mars, may I point out that I would rather adopt the position of Mars than of Venus in this context? Does he acknowledge that our colleague, Richard Ashworth MEP, also said:"““Trust in the integrity of the accounting systems of public bodies is an essential cornerstone of democracy. It is not, therefore, acceptable that the Court of Auditors continue to fail to give a clean bill of health for the EU accounts and the public perception that the EU authorities have an ongoing reluctance to address this problem seriously undermines the credibility of the whole of the EU.””" I am not criticising my hon. Friend for leaving that bit out, but I thought that I should mention it.