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European Communities (Finance) Bill

I listened to the speech made by the right hon. Member for Wokingham. I have responded to the points he made and I have only six minutes to answer everything else. As always, I listened with interest to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, South-West (Mr. Davidson). He asked why Luxembourg and Belgium came out well in the figures: that question was also put by Opposition Members. It is mostly due to administration spending; the EU institutions are physically located in those member states so they receive what looks like a larger share, but it is not comparable to the other figures. I was grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Llanelli (Nia Griffith) for her good and well-rounded speech. Given the points made by Opposition Members, I think we should have had a few more such speeches.