Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 8 June 2010.
In 2008-09, our contribution to the EU was £2.5 billion. This year it will be £6.4 billion. Why does every budget have to be cut except the EU's, which can increase by 150%? Is it not a case not of ring-fencing, but of gold-plating?