EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS' REFUSAL TO CERTIFY THE EU BUDGET

That this House notes that the European Court of Auditors has, for the 14th year in succession, refused to certify the EU budget; further notes that Britain is the second largest net contributor to the EU budget, after only Germany, paying a direct sum of £15 billion per year for membership of the EU and incurring the even more substantial indirect costs of membership, including improper regulation, the loss of British jobs and destruction of British fisheries; believes that the level of corruption in the EU is unacceptable; congratulates Open Europe for producing a list of the top 100 EU scams that have been funded by UK taxpayers' money; and calls on the Government to listen to the British people and reverse its policy of ever closer union with this corrupt and wasteful organisation.