It would be a bit rich for the Labour party to claim this success as its own. We have a record of a Conservative Prime Minister who was able to protect the rebate in full as it stood, and also managed to reduce EU expenditure. That is in stark contrast to the record the previous time this process was undertaken in 2005, when part of our rebate was surrendered at significant cost, as I have already set out.
European Union (Finance) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Gauke
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 June 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Union (Finance) Bill.
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