§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Prime Minister whether she will provide figures for the United Kingdom contributions to the European Economic Community together with the expected increases in levies, in a form consistent with her answer of 4 March, Official Report, column 395, about increases in its own resources of the EEC.
§ The Prime MinisterOn the basis of the draft 1985 budget established in Council on 22 April, the United Kingdom's contribution to the 1985 European Community budget is now expected to be 6,238 mecu including the United Kingdom share of the Intergovernmental Agreement. This represents a real increase compared with our contribution in 1984 of some 3.7 per cent.
Sugar and isoglucose and agricultural levies will be lower in 1985 than in 1984. The decreases are 20 million ecu—20 per cent.—and 130 million ecu—32 per cent.—respectively.