Robin Walker
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EU Budget (Surcharge)
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Monday 10th November 2014
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Mr Osborne
What we achieved was the simultaneous application of the rebate, so we will pay only £850 million.
Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con)
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on maintaining the application of the UK rebate in a way that the Opposition utterly failed to do when they were in power. Would he have been strengthened in that position had he maintained a euro preparations unit in the Treasury?
Mr Osborne
The first and kindest cut of all was closing down the euro preparations unit, which I discovered in the Treasury on coming to office.