§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are a candidate's permitted election expenses in an election to the European Economic Community Assembly; how much public money is involved; and how often the level of permitted expenses has been reviewed.
§ Mr. MayhewI have been asked to reply.
The maximum permitted election expenses of a candidate at an election to the European Parliament are £5,000 plus 2p for every entry in the register of electors used at the election. These are the expenses incurred by
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