HC Deb 22 April 1977 vol 930 cc162-3W
Mr. Marten

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give an assurance that he will raise in the Council of Ministers that all moneys spent in the United Kingdom by the European Assembly on information work about direct elections will be carefully monitored so that the British public will be able to see month by month how much is being spent.

Mr. Judd

I do not consider that this would be appropriate. It is for the European Parliament itself to make arrangements for the control of the expenditure from its budget. I understand that the Parliament has these in hand.