§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, following the default by the European Economic Community on the payment of £42,000,000 due to Her Majesty's Government on 31 December, he has received any indication of when the sum might be paid.
§ Mr. Ian StewartWe are still awaiting a reply to my right hon. and learned Friend the Foreign Secretary's letter to President Thorn of 3 January, in which he asked the Commission to make proposals for early payment of the outstanding sum.