§ Mr. Wallasked the Lord Privy Seal what expenditure from United Kingdom public funds has been made on the Council of Europe, the Western European Union and the North Atlantic Assembly, respectively, for the past five years.
§ Mr. HurdExpenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on contributions to the Council of Europe, the Western European Union and the North Atlantic Assembly for the live years to March 1981 was as follows. The figures do not include the United Kingdom's share of expenses of the Council of Europe: European Pharmacopoeia, which is met from DHSS funds; nor the subscription to the European Drugs Cooperation (Pompidou) Group, which is met from Home Office funds. Nor do they include the cost of sending delegates from the FCO and other Government Departments to meetings of these organisations.
Travelling, subsistence and associated expenses of the parliamentary delegations attending sessions and Committee meetings of the Assemblies of the three organisations are met from the House of Commons and House of Lords Votes.
§ Mr. PymThe information asked for is as follows:
203W
Meetings Pages of evidence published Pages of reports published Agriculture Committee To December 1979 2 — — January-March 1980 11 98 — 204W
Meetings Pages of evidence published Pages of reports published April-June 1980 12 243 — July-September 1980 6 138 30 October-December 1980 6 103 3 January-2 March 1981 3 90 — Defence Committee To December 1979 3 — — January-March 1980 9 — 4 April-June 1980 17 140 26 July-September 1980 10 — — October-December 1980 11 248 14 January-2 March 1981 7 140 4 Education, Science and Arts Committee To December 1979 3 — — January-March 1980 19 — — April-June 1980 13 312 40 July-September 1980 8 19 2 October-December 1980 3 839 145 January-2 March 1981 7 — 4 Employment Committee To December 1979 3 — — January-March 1980 9 75 — April-June 1980 7 137 — July-September 1980 8 174 14 October-December 1980 7 143 25 January-2 March 1981 9 119 62 Energy Committee To December 1979 2 — — January-March 1980 10 88 — April-June 1980 10 134 4 July-September 1980 10 136 4 October-December 1980 11 395 — January-2 March 1981 7 30 124 Environment Committee To December 1979 3 — — January-March 1980 7 — — April-June 1980 14 339 — July-September 1980 10 26 101 October-December 1980 5 — 6 January-2 March 1981 10 — — Foreign Affairs Committee To December 1979 2 — — January-March 1980 *22 †387 22 April-June 1980 *19 †409 36 205W
Meetings Pages of evidence published Pages of reports published July-September 1980 *12 †216 85 October-December 1980 *14 †390 — January-2 March 1981 *14 †56 108 Home Affairs Committee To December 1979 *6 †53 — January-March 1980 *21 †434 34 April-June 1980 *17 †316 107 July-September l980 *12 †174 166 October-December 1980 *19 †652 12 January-2 March 1981 *13 †93 — Industry and Trade Committee To December 1979 2 — — January-March 1980 11 46 6 April-June 1980 11 353 — July-September 1980 6 340 77 October-December 1980 9 131 6 January-2 March 1981 7 53 101 Committee on Scottish Affairs To December 1979 4 — — January-March 1980 11 91 8 April-June 1980 11 325 — July-September 1980 6 236 35 October-December 1980 8 — — January-2 March 1981 7 129 18 Social Services Committee To December 1979 3 — — January-March 1980 15 633 — April-June 1980 13 111 10 July-September 1980 3 — 189 October-December 1980 10 133 5 January-2 March 1981 17 211 21 Transport Committee To December 1979 2 — — January-March 1980 10 36 — April-June 1980 14 170 35 July-September 1980 11 418 17 October-December 1980 12 193 42 January-2 March 1981 9 — — Treasury and Civil Service Committee To December 1979 *4 — — January-March 1980 *18 †l33 6 April-June 1980 *22 †328 10
Meetings Pages of evidence published Pages of reports published July-September 1980 *14 †603 12 October-December 1980 *14 †269 27 January-2 March 1981 *12 †l7 — Committee on Welsh Affairs To December 1979 1 — — January-March 1980 11 — 3 April-June 1980 17 291 — July-Septembter 1980 6 353 50 October-December 1980 10 31 4 January-2 March 1981 10 183 3 * Including meetings of Sub-Committee. † Including Sub-Committee evidence.