§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what sums have been granted by the European Community for disaster relief both inside and outside the member States in each year since 1973; and if he will list the major areas within the Community which have received such relief.
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§ Mr. LawsonExpenditure from the Community budget on aid for disaster relief in the period has been:
million units of account £ million 1973 0.8 0.3 1974 23.2 9.7 1975 0.5 0.2 1976 62.4 26.0 1977 4.8 2.0 1978 5.9 3.9 1979 41.3 26.7 1980* 108.0 64.7 * Budget provision. In addition, the European development fund provides assistance towards disaster relief in the countries covered by the Lomé convention. Information on expenditure before 1976 is not available. Since then expenditure has been:
million units of account £ million 1976 47.8 29.7 1977 13.5 8.8 1978 25.1 16.7 1979 24.5 15.8 1980 35.1 21.0 Information on the areas within the Community which received assistance is not available for years prior to 1976. Since then the major areas which have received such relief are:
1976
Italy—Friuli—earthquake.1977
Italy—Tuscany, Val d'Aosta, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy (floods).France—South West (floods).1978
France—Floods and "Amoco Cadiz" (coast of Brittany). Germany—Floods and earthquake.Italy—Floods.United Kingdom—Winter 1977–78.1979
France (Overseas)—Martinique, Guadeloupe (tornado).Italy—Umbria (earthquake), Lazio and Marche (earthquake).United Kingdom—Orkney, Shetland and the Western isles (exceptionally bad weather winter 1978–79).1980
Italy—(November 1980 earthquake).