I thank the noble Lord for giving way. Is not the crucial point that within the United Kingdom there are transfer payments worth at least £70 billion per annum from the more prosperous south and south-east to the less prosperous north, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? The problem in the EU is that Germany is unwilling to make transfer payments to the less prosperous parts that are unable to compete with that country.
Queen’s Speech
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Flight
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 5 June 2014.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Queen’s Speech.
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