HC Deb 24 April 1978 vol 948 c416W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if it is now the policy of Her Majesty's Government to make a direct financial contribution to the initial capital of the Common Fund when this is set up.

Mr. Dell

Producers and consumers in international commodity agreements must, in our view, be the prime source of finance contributed by Governments to the fund. It remains to be established, in further international work, whether any element of direct financing could be compatible with this principle.

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