HC Deb 10 December 1973 vol 866 c45W
Mr. Mason

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what total contributions have been paid by Her Majesty's Government during the course of 1973 into the European Coal and Steel Community Fund.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The current operations of the European Coal and Steel Community are financed by levies on the industries themselves. The Government are due to pay £7.9 million by the end of 1973 as the first of three instalments of a contribution to the ECSC reserves.