HC Deb 06 April 1989 vol 150 cc270-1W
Q171. Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Prime Minister what proposals she will submit to the European Council meeting in Madrid about fraud; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Wakeham

I have been asked to reply.

I refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's answer to his question of 2 March 1989 at columns 295–96.

An important development since then has been the meeting of the Economic and Finance Council on 13 March at which the Commission promised new or revised proposals to combat fraud and mismanagement in a number of areas, notably agricultural export refunds and intervention storage. Some of these proposals are expected to be tabled before the June meeting of the Economic and Finance Council at which action against fraud will once again be discussed. The Government's approach to the Madrid European Council will reflect the terms of this discussion.

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