No. As I said to the Chief Secretary, the UK's net contribution will rightly increase substantially, without the change proposed in the Bill, to finance enlargement. The Chief Secretary is trying to have his cake and eat it. He wants to give away our rebate on top of that increase, which we will pay anyway as the EU budget increases.
European Communities (Finance) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 19 November 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Communities (Finance) Bill.
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