Does my hon. Friend agree that £12 billion of the £58 billion deficit with the European Union is the money that we have to send to it and that we do not get back? It is payment in order to buy its imports. One does not normally have to make a contribution to a country in order to import things from it.
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993
Proceeding contribution from
John Redwood
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 March 2016.
It occurred during Debate on Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993.
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