The EU Commission has published a Communication The EU Budget Review, with Technical annexes. An Explanatory Memorandum has been published by the Treasury, giving the UK Government's views. Links to these documents are below. This Budget Review will lead to the setting of the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework from 2014. It is therefore a vital piece of policy, which will affect much of what the EU does for years to come.
The Committee published its report on 5 April. The report will receive a response from the Government, and will be debated in the House.
Members of the Committee declared the following interests as being relevant to this inquiry:
Public hearings were held as follows:
- 11 Jan
Professor Iain Begg (London School of Economics) and Dr. Jorge Nunez Ferrer (Centre for European Policy Studies) Watch Live
- 18 Jan
Justine Greening MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Mike Glycopantis (Deputy Director, Head of EU Budget) and Brendan Bayley (Head of CAP policy) Watch Live
- 25 Jan
Richard Ashworth MEP, Marta Andreasen MEP and Carl Haglund MEP, by videoconference Watch Live
- 8 Feb
Open Europe, Centre for European Reform and the Institute for European Environmental Policy followed by Janusz Lewandowski, EU Budget Commissioner Watch Live