HC Deb 11 January 1999 vol 323 c75W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate Wales's contribution to the EU budget during the next six year period. [64500]

Mr. Hain

It is the UK, as member state, which makes a contribution to the EU budget. Estimates of Wales's contribution would depend on exactly which of many hypothetical assumptions are made about which taxes, at UK level, are deemed to finance the EU contribution, because different taxes have different regional effects.

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