§ 11. Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Lord Privy Seal what has been the cost to Her Majesty's Government of the European intitative for the Middle East so far; and what has been the total cost of this to the European Economic Community since the Venice declaration.
§ Sir Ian GilmourEuropean peace efforts in the Middle East are pursued in the context of European political co-operation, which is outside the framework of the treaties. The costs, with the exception of travel expenses for political co-operation meetings, are borne by each Presidency in turn. Meetings of Middle East experts have been more frequent than previously since the issue of the Venice declaration, but there has been no other identifiable extra cost to Her Majesty's Government.