§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, further to Cmnd. No. 8187, "Statement on the 1981 Community Budget", he can now provide estimates of member States' net contributions and receipts in respect of the European Community budget for 1981.
§ Mr. RidleyThe Commission has produced the following estimates for net contributions (-) and receipts, before taking account of the settlement of 30 May last year, which gave the United Kingdom net refunds in respect of 1981 of 1410 million ecus.
million ecus Germany -1647 France 624 Netherlands 223 Belgium 388 Denmark 302 Luxembourg 282 United Kingdom -1505 Italy 619 Ireland 591 Greece 123