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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-10-12more like thismore than 2015-10-12
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
hansard heading EU Budget: Contributions more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 2 February (HL4233), whether the Government have paid to the European Union an additional £1.7 billion or a reduced amount of £850 million; and if they have paid either amount, what was their rationale for agreeing to make the payment. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Stevens of Ludgate more like this
uin HL2542 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-10-26more like thismore than 2015-10-26
answer text The Chancellor secured a deal that halved the original surcharge to £850m and the UK is in fact paying slightly less than this as our rebate will be £0.1bn higher than anticipated. <br /><p>There has always been an annual adjustment to each member state’s contribution to the EU budget, to take into account of statistical revisions. As for other member states, the UK has historically seen both upward and downward revisions to its contribution to the EU budget.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> more like this
answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-10-26T17:12:19.613Zmore like thismore than 2015-10-26T17:12:19.613Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley more like this
tabling member
2227
label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate remove filter