Mr. J. Enoch Powellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what heads in the budget accounts and financial statement the net payment by the United Kingdom to the EEC as estimated at £1,000 million in 1980–81 appears.
§ Mr. LawsonA forecast of £1,000 million at 1979 survey prices for the United Kingdom net contribution to the European Communities and the European Investment Bank was included in the "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1980/81"(Cmnd. 7746). Table 10 of the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1979/80 included figures for the United Kingdom gross contribution to the European Communities in 1978–79 and 1979–80 under the heading "Consolidated Fund Standing Services".