Draft EU Budget 2011

Part of Bill Presented – in the House of Commons at 5:32 pm on 13 October 2010.

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Photo of Justine Greening Justine Greening The Economic Secretary to the Treasury 5:32, 13 October 2010

That is the sort of argument that I have been presenting to other European countries, including the French Minister who was in London a few weeks ago. As the hon. Gentleman says, it is simply untenable for the EU budget to remain unchallenged when across Europe we are making incredibly difficult decisions on our national budgets. The way in which the hon. Gentleman phrased his argument is exactly the same as the way in which I have been pitching ours to our European partners. We are hopeful that, over time, there will continue to be a growing sense among them that we do indeed need to start challenging the European budget that is currently proposed.