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European Communities (Finance) Bill

That is precisely the point; it is what I said at the start. Hon. Members on both sides of the Committee have the opportunity to express precisely that opinion this evening. The Committee has that ability, but we cannot go back and renegotiate the points contained in the own resources decision or put on hold the ratification of the decision pending the conclusion—[Interruption.]—I ask the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd) to hear me out—pending the conclusion of the budget review that was also set in train—