§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 15 June, Official Report, c. 272, if he will publish the definitions used for allocated and unallocated expenditure in making assessments of the kind to which he refers; and if he will explain why, in his view, it is not satisfactory to include unallocated expenditure in any calculation of the United Kingdom's net contribution.
§ Mr. HurdMy hon. Friend the Financial Secretary explained the distinction between the allocated and unallocated parts of the budget in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Flint, West, (Sir A. Meyer) on 8 June.—[Vol. 25, c.83.] The negotiations on the United Kingdom budget contribution have always been conducted on the basis of the allocated budget, because this is concerned with net transfers between member States.