§ Mr. Marlowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Northampton, North on 4 February, Official Report, column 118, when he expects outturn information for the 1980 Community budget to be available.
§ Mr. LawsonI expect that outturn information on the revenue section of the 1980 Community budget will be available in July or August. Outturn information on expenditure under the common agricultural policy will be contained in the annual report of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, which is expected to be available in December.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he is now in a position to estimate the net payment which the United Kingdom will have made to the European Economic Community in respect of 1980 after the rebate mechanism-agreed in the 30 June 1980 Council of Ministers meeting has been fully operated in the course of 1981;
(2) if the gross contribution of the United Kingdom to the European Economic Community in 1980 exceeded its share of the Community gross domestic product; and if he will publish a table showing the percentage share of the gross contribution and the estimated percentage share of the gross domestic product.
§ Mr. LawsonI shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.