§ Mr. MealeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will tabulate in theOfficial Report, the amounts paid, in 1988 pound sterling equivalents, to each of the political groups of the European Parliament, together with an indication of any allocated expenditure within the totals and the total expected expenditure in 1990.
§ Mr. MaudeThe information requested for 1988 is not immediately available, but a reply will be given as soon as possible.
The EC budget for 1990, and hence the European Parliament provision, cannot be adopted before the December plenary session of the European Parliament.