That is the purpose behind my amendment. I understand that only once, or possibly twice, has an agreement in general been struck at the Council that something will go through before someone has reopened the debate about how the money should be spent, and the purpose of my amendment is to do that again. We could just veto the money and kill the programme directly, but part of the programme is truly valuable. That is what the European Commission does in many of its budget strands: it connects a small amount for something good and valuable to a big amount for something that is a waste of money that we would not necessarily stand for.
European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Heaton-Harris
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 January 2014.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords].
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