Proceeding contribution from David Heathcoat-Amory (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 19 December 2005. It occurred during Ministerial statement on European Council.
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This descent by the Prime Minister from tough talking in advance to concessions and surrender is such a familiar path for his European policy that this latest humiliation is no surprise. But why will we pay twice the amount into a budgetary and control system in Brussels that is so riddled with corruption and inefficiency that the auditors have not signed it off for the past 11 years? Was that raised at the summit—
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- 2005-06
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- Contributions EU enlargement European Union EU budget EU economic policy Common agricultural policy Reform European Council
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