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Lords committee to look at EU budget |
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 |
Britain’s rebate and the value for money achieved by EU spending will be up for debate when the House of Lords European Union Committee looks into the European Commission’s 2008/09 budget review.
The European Budget Review was agreed in 2006 and will see the European Parliament, Council and Commission undertaking a wholesale review of all aspect of EU spending, including contentious areas like the British rebate and the Common Agricultural policy.
Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, who will conduct the inquiry said:
“The Commission is in evidence gathering mode and we will be undertaking our duty to scrutinise European documents on behalf of the House. This is an opportunity - the first since the current financial perspective was agreed during the British Presidency in 2005 - for the public to tell us what they think of the EU Budget.”
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