§ Mr. Martenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much money in £ sterling the EEC has allocated to the Communist Party in Europe for the Assembly elections; and how much of this can be assumed to have come from the British contribution.
§ Mr. JuddWe understand from the European Assembly authorities that the sums allocated to the Communist Group in the Assembly under the 1978 and 1979 budgets were, respectively, £330,000 and £500,000. The allocations of these funds were made by the Assembly itself. Member States do not contribute to individual areas of expenditure but to the budget as a whole; in 1978 the United Kingdom proportion was 15.4 per cent. and this year is expected to be about 17.5 per cent.