European Communities (Finance) Bill

Indeed they are. Not only are we trying to break the third world by forcing economic partnership agreements on it, we are trying to trap it into a world trade system that was established in the interests of French farmers and the Duke of Westminster. That is an absurd position for a Labour Government to accept for one moment. I am afraid that I have not been here for the whole debate, because I had other commitments. I therefore apologise if other hon. Members have mentioned the European Parliament and the monthly travelling circus, when its accoutrements, Members, committees and staff are transferred from Brussels to Strasbourg and then back again. That will go on under the budget. The issue has not been tackled, and was not even broached. If we vote for the Bill, we are voting to condone that enormous waste of expenditure on a regular and never-ending basis. That seems absurd.