Lord Bruce of Doningtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they will be publishing the Statement on the 2001 Community Budget. [HL345]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe Statement on the 2001 Community Budget, entitledEuropean Community Finances, has today been laid before Parliament. This White Paper is the twenty-first in the series. As in the past, it covers annual budgetary matters and includes details of recent developments in European Community financial management and in countering fraud against the Community Budget. It also describes the Community Budget for 2001 as adopted by the European Parliament, and the United Kingdom's gross and net contributions to the Community Budget between 1996 and 2001.