EU Budget: UK Contribution

Lord Hannay of Chiswick Excerpts

Tuesday 21st July 2015 Lords Chamber

[Lord Ashton of Hyde]

The noble Baroness is right to say that the overall EU budget was cut in real terms as compared with the last one. I am not 100% sure what role the noble Baroness played in that, but I note that we did not agree the last two annual budgets.

[Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB)]

My Lords, would the Minister stretch his erudition a little further and tell the House what the British rebated contribution is per capita of our population and how that compares with other member states of a similar level of prosperity to us? Could he then perhaps add to that by giving us the cumulative figure for the rebate since 1984?

[Lord Ashton of Hyde]

No, my Lords, but I will write to the noble Lord.