Budget of the European Communities for 1995

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:14 pm on 28 November 1994.

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Photo of Mr Dale Campbell-Savours Mr Dale Campbell-Savours , Workington 11:14, 28 November 1994

Is not the reality of the abatement that because of its existence, Britain effectively has a back seat in dealing credibly with the fraud in the European Community? Although we want and need the money, is not the truth that if we did not have the abatement our whole attitude to European finances would be very different? We would be very much in the front lines, and we may well have driven through much-needed reforms and made the Community a far more credible place than it is today.