§ Mr. Martenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what amount has been agreed within the EEC for expenditure in the United Kingdom for the promotion of direct elections to the European Assembly; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. JuddIn the 1978 budget 5 million EUA (c. £3,360,000) and 4.48 MEUA (c. £3,250,000) were allocated to the Commission and the European Assembly for use throughout the Community. But since direct elections were not held in 1978 as originally envisaged, not all the funds allocated in the budget were released. I understood that some £102,000 and £101,000 have in fact been made available to the United Kingdom Information Offices of the Commission and 245W the Assembly respectively in 1978 for a programme of purely factual information about direct elections. The budget for 1979 has not yet been agreed.