§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many member states of the European Economic Community have taken the necessary legislative or other steps to permit their respective treasuries to make payments to the European Economic Community in terms of the undertaking of the Council on 23 April designed to enable the United Kingdom's 1985 rebate to be paid; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart[pursuant to his reply, 8 July 1985]: In a footnote to the 1985 intergovernmental agreement six member states, including the United Kingdom, made it clear that payments under the IGA required the completion of national procedures. We do not have complete information on the present position. However our understanding is that only the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland are yet in a position to pay.