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Proceeding contribution from William Cash (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 May 2006. It occurred during Parliamentary proceeding on Future EU Finances and Own Resources.

Future EU Finances and Own Resources

I remember confronting the Minister across the Floor of the House many years ago in different circumstances. Does he agree that the Prime Minister was either severely mistaken or verging on being misleading when he referred to the amount that the taxpayer would haveto find? Does he agree that—as the European commissioner has just announced—the actual amount is £24 billion above the budget that the Prime Minister announced, which means that the British taxpayer will have to find an extra £2 billion and we will now contribute £44 billion to EU coffers over the next budget period? In other words, it was a mockery.

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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
446 c89 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Contributions European Union EU action EU budget EU institutions EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council European Commission
Link
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