§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the right hon. Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the House of Commons Commission, what has been the cost of the United Kingdom delegations to the Council of Europe, the Western European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation parliamentary meetings in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Arthur BottomleyThe information is as follows:
£ 1977–78 124,200 1978–79 131,376 1979–80 203,032 1980–81 199,335 1981–82 (to date) 208,557 The figures are made up of the travel and subsistence costs of Members and supporting staffs and miscellaneous items.