§ Mr. Martenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the pay, emoluments, pensions and other financial arrangements for members of a directly elected European Assembly are to be decided exclusively by the present Assembly, or whether they will be subject to the agreement of the Council of Ministers.
§ Mr. JuddUnder the Community's budgetary procedures, which are complicated, the budget of the European Parliament is regarded as non-obligatory expenditure on which—within overall limits—the Parliament has the final say. However, the United Kingdom has already made clear to other member States our view that member States have an interest in the financial arrangements for directly elected Members.