§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the £117,917,000 being paid to the European Economic Community under article 10(2) of Council Regulation 2891/77 represents an actual increase in European Economic Community contributions by the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. BrookeI shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he has agreed to pay to the European Economic Community an additional £18,000,000 in consequence of a decision by the European Parliament to recommend increases in the Community Budget for 1986.
§ Mr. BrookeI refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Mr. Foulkes) on 22 January at columns197–98.