HL Deb 23 February 2004 vol 658 c25WA
Lord Tebbit

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether any organ of the European Union has power to require expenditure out of United Kingdom public funds without the consent of the Government. [HL1378]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

No: the European Communities Act 1972, as amended, provides the framework within which the UK makes payments required by or under the treaties listed in Section 1(2) of that Act. The Government have consented to these payments by agreement to those treaties and by virtue of the 1972 Act as amended.