§ Mr. Woofasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will show, separately, in million units of account the total budget of the EEC and within it the cost of the common agricultural policy for 1976 and the EEC forecast for 1977.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettThe total Community budget for 1976, including the 1st supplementary budget approved by the Council on 18th June and the 2nd supplementary budget presented by the Commission on 13th July but not yet adopted, amounts to 8,271 million units of account. Of his total 6,160 mua is for the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF). The forecast for the total Community budget in the Preliminary Draft Budget for 1977 is 9,261 mua of which 6,754 mua is for EAGGF.