On Monday the Prime Minister read a statement in the House of Commons which updated the House on the EU Commission meeting on Friday 24th October where the commission demanded 2 billion Euro’s from the UK Government as an adjustment to the UK’s Contribution.
The Prime Minister said:
'Britain will not be paying €2 billion to anyone on 1 December, and we reject this scale of payment. We will be challenging this in every way possible.’
Speaking in the debate David Morris MP said
‘I congratulate the Prime Minister on being the first Prime Minister since the great Margaret Thatcher to say no to Europe. Does my right hon. Friend agree with my constituents, who have just given me a survey to say that the only way to vote for an in/out referendum on Europe is to vote Conservative in 2017?’
In response to David’s Comments the Prime Minister said:
‘My Hon Friend is right. Whatever view people take about whether Britain should be in the European Union or out of the European Union, there is only one way to secure that referendum’