§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the cost of the European Assembly in 1981; and if he will express this as units of account.
§ Mr. HurdThe total expenditure of the European Parliament was slightly over 175 million ecu. That is about £96.7 million, converted at the average exchange rate for 1981 of 1.81 ecu to the pound.