§ Mr. David HeathTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the relationship between the calculation of the British rebate under the Fontainebleau Agreement and the proposed system of co-financing of the Common Agricultural Policy in the Agenda 2000 proposals. [71647]
§ Ms HewittCo-financing is one of the ideas explored in the Commission's Own Resources Report, but no legislative proposal has been formally tabled. The value of the rebate depends on the difference between the UK's contributions to the EC Budget and EC spending in this country.