§ Mr. Teddy TaylorTo ask the Prime Minister if she will raise at the next meeting of the European Council the issue of the size of the net contributions made to the European Economic Community by the various member states; and if she will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterNo. The review of the Community's finances concluded at the European Council in Brussels on 11–13 February 1988 confirmed the arrangements for abating the United Kingdom's contributions. The Fontainebleau mechanism remains totally intact; and it will last as long as the new own resources arrangements, reducing the United Kingdom's payments to the Community by over £1.3 billion in 1989–90.