§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what approach or request has been received by Her Majesty's Government from the Commission of the European Economic Community concerning resources for the expansion of its fraud inspectorate; and what response he has made to such requests.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Commission proposed additional posts for anti-fraud work in the 1988 and 1989 preliminary draft budgets. The posts were part of a wider staffing bid which the United Kingdom was not able to accept in full. But the Government have consistently supported the Commission as regards the anti-fraud posts.