HL Deb 27 October 1981 vol 424 c1063WA
Lord O'Hagan

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What meaning they attach to the word "additionality"; and whether they consider their current use of this concept increases awareness of the benefits of membership of the EEC.

Lord Cockfield

"Additionality" is shorthand for the relation between UK receipts from the EC and public expenditure. There is "additionality" in that EC receipts make possible a higher level of public expenditure than would otherwise be possible. The term may be inelegant; but Government spokesmen have pointed on many occasions to the benefits of EC receipts.