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European Communities (Finance) Bill

Proceeding contribution from Kitty Ussher (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 19 November 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on European Communities (Finance) Bill.
I listened to the speech made by the right hon. Member for Wokingham. I have responded to the points he made and I have only six minutes to answer everything else. As always, I listened with interest to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, South-West (Mr. Davidson). He asked why Luxembourg and Belgium came out well in the figures: that question was also put by Opposition Members. It is mostly due to administration spending; the EU institutions are physically located in those member states so they receive what looks like a larger share, but it is not comparable to the other figures. I was grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Llanelli (Nia Griffith) for her good and well-rounded speech. Given the points made by Opposition Members, I think we should have had a few more such speeches.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
467 c1063 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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