the british government er not only went along with this agreement at the time of the edinburgh summit, they positively endorsed this arrangement er as being something that they er strongly supported and urged upon other member states in the european community er and that i think is a relevant matter with respect er mr deputy speaker, i i appreciate that er there are other issues relating to these er er constituencies that are of  greater concern perhaps to er honourable and right honourable members but this question of  who actually is to pay for any new building in the european parliament is something that i believe the government cannot avoid.