HC Deb 12 July 1973 vol 859 cc402-3W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards EEC draft regulation R/2677/72 Add. 2; and if he will press for the United Kingdom Parliament to be given adequate power of supervision over the expenditure of moneys contributed by the United Kingdom.

Mr. Nott

The regulation has now been adopted and published in the OFFICIAL JOURNAL, Vol. 16, No. L116, dated 1st May 1973. As regards the second part of the Question, it has been made clear many times that primary responsibility for the control of Community expenditure rests with the institutions of the Community.

Mr. Deakins

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the major differences between the EEC draft General Financial Regulation R/2677/72 Add. 2 and the EEC draft financial regulation R/937/73.

Mr. Nott

R/2677/2 Add. 2 was an earlier translation, from the working French text, of the text that was finally agreed as R/ 937/ 73 in the various Community languages by the Jurist/Linguist Group.