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Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the payments due to be made by the European Commission to those Commissioners who recently resigned. [79156]
Ms Quin
Payments to outgoing Commissioners are governed by the provisions in Council Regulation 422/67/EEC. We have made clear our belief that payments should not be paid to any Commissioner found guilty of fraud or misconduct.