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Treaty of Lisbon (No. 6)

The hon. Gentleman and I are of one mind on this issue, but what I do not understand about that argument is why the treaty removes the phrase ““the most disadvantaged””. My concern about EU aid increasing is that money is being given to middle income states, such as Morocco and Tunisia, for perfectly understandable reasons—Spain, Italy and others want to use it to prevent migration—and that less money is going to very poor countries. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman could give some thought to why that is. Also, the Government opposed the removal of the phrase ““the most disadvantaged”” in negotiations, but the Secretary of State made practically no reference to that, and I do not understand why not.