European Union (Finance) Bill

As I have said, the estimated cost over the previous seven years was £6.6 billion, and in future ...

Does the Bill not endorse a system that takes £12 billion of our taxpayers’ money and spends it e...

My right hon. Friend has taken me in the direction of the wider issue of our EU membership. As be...

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Before I give way to the hon. Lady, may I welcome her to her position in the shadow Front-Bench t...

The hon. Gentleman is very kind. I just wonder whether he intends to mention the debate in the Ho...

It would be a bit rich for the Labour party to claim this success as its own. We have a record of...

Does my hon. Friend remember that at that time the House was sold a pup on the basis that Mr Blai...

As usual, my hon. Friend’s memory is correct. That was the argument; we were told this was part o...

The issue of the CAP has just been raised. By 2019 Scotland’s pillar one per hectare payment rate...

The Conservative-led Government have a very good record in protecting the interests of all parts ...

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Let me make a little progress.

This Bill relates only to agreement reached on the revenue s...

Returning to the issue of the structural fund income to Britain, would it not be easier if we had...

The hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point and I think there is a case for particularly some of ...

Since the Minister struggled with my first question, I will ask him another, this time on pillar ...

The deal Scotland gets includes support from the structural funds which have been protected as a ...

I congratulate the Prime Minister and the Minister on defending Britain’s interests against a far...

Part of the calculation of member states’ contributions is based on the size of their economy. Th...

Further to the point raised by my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood), will...

That is not a matter that is related to the Bill. The own resources decision uses the same formul...

I would be grateful if the Minister could clarify that this own resources decision is based on ES...

The own resources decision—the ORD—contains an element that is based on GNI. There may be differe...

I thank the Minister for his welcome. The Opposition will not oppose the Bill, but we will table ...

Is there any extra tax demand that the EU makes on us that the Labour party disagrees with?

We are actually supporting the Bill—

So the answer is no.

Yes, indeed. I am making the point that we need to make this process clearer, and I would have th...

What do people not understand? The EU is taking £12 billion of our money, and this Bill is going ...

I think people do understand that. The point is that the benefits are not understood. [Interrupti...

I welcome what my hon. Friend is saying, but although the proportion of the budget commanded by a...

Indeed, and that is why I am making the point, with which I am sure my hon. Friend would agree, t...

The hon. Lady is making an interesting speech with many good points, but does she not think it st...

I very much agree with the hon. Gentleman’s point, and I will come on to that. Within the smaller...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley). She rem...

The hon. Gentleman refers to what he described as the “flip” in the 31 October 2012 debate, but a...

Excellent. If we are going back in history, I guess I should share with the hon. Lady the fact th...

I wonder whether my hon. Friend thinks it is right to use the net figure, or the gross figure aft...

My hon. Friend is completely right about that, so I thought I should also share with the House th...

These annual sums bear a striking similarity to the amount the Chancellor is proposing to cut fro...

I hope the hon. Gentleman is able to spread that message far and wide across the Opposition Bench...

North.

I mean the hon. Member for Luton North (Kelvin Hopkins). They roll in the old rebate loss that th...

It might be considered a trifle unorthodox to give a maiden speech leading from the Front Bench o...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this important debate. I praise the h...

I congratulate the hon. Members for East Lothian (George Kerevan) and for Tonbridge and Malling (...

The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech on this subject, as usual. Does he remember the on...

Indeed. The hon. Gentleman is right. I have the Library note. The only time we had a net receipt ...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he wish to comment on the sheer difficulty of ...

I agree very strongly with my hon. Friend, who anticipates my next point: you do not go into a ne...

I congratulate the hon. Member for East Lothian (George Kerevan) and my hon. Friend the Member fo...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to deliver my maiden speech. I com...

It is a wonderful coincidence—a fortuitous concatenation of circumstances—that I am able to congr...

Thank you ever so much, Madam Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member for North East Somerset (Mr Rees-Mo...

They were called Tories.

Yes, Tories. That’s it.

The whole episode, with people marauding over Ealing green, eerily ...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ealing Central and Acton (Dr Huq) and the co...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make my first contribution to this House, and...

It is a personal privilege to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Rishi Sunak)...

It is an absolute pleasure to speak for the first time under your chairship, Madam Deputy Speaker...

The hon. Lady is being characteristically generous in paying tribute to the Prime Minister for se...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention and for his kind words. Given the comment I just...

Labour Members have twice now criticised how much is spent on agriculture in the EU. Surely the h...

The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point about protecting our environment, but my point is that in t...

In the light of the hon. Lady’s comments about fear on respective sides of the House, will she te...

I have no fear of the views of the British people and I only endeavour to listen to them.

S...

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I will give way, because I am feeling generous.

The hon. Lady is being very generous. A lot of the debate on this in the past has been a bit over...

I am not always this generous, so the hon. Gentleman should perhaps make the most of it. I have l...

What a pleasure it is to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker, and to respond on behalf of ...

I want to ask the hon. Lady a question that is important for the next stage of the Bill. Does she...

The hon. Lady mentioned that earlier and I was going to get to that point in a moment, but yes, w...

It is worth saying for the record that in the latest round of CAP reforms, covering the six-year ...

As I said, I welcome the hon. Lady’s European colleagues’ new-found enthusiasm for rigour and ref...

Again, does the Minister understand that the OBR analysis shows that in 2020 the net contribution...

I accept that the OBR has published figures that clearly show that there is a real-terms reductio...

Can the Minister confirm how the deficit is going?

I would be delighted to confirm that. When we took office in 2010, the deficit was the largest in...

The Minister says that the deficit has halved. Will she confirm the Government’s pledge in 2010?<...

The deficit halved—more than halved—over the course of the previous Parliament. Is the hon. Lady ...

The Minister challenges me on what I would pledge. I did not write the Chancellor’s emergency Bud...

I must be living in a parallel universe. I have walked through the opposite Lobby from the hon. L...