§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) of 19 November,Official Report, columns 4–6, 561W what were the voting figures on (a) the revised expenditure ceilings for 1994 and (b) the letter of amendment to the draft supplementary and amending budget for 1993 recorded in the meeting of the European Community's Budget Council held on 15 November; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir John CopeThe Council agreed unanimously to the adjustment of the expenditure ceilings for 1994 which had been determined in the context of the new inter-institutional agreement.
The presidency concluded that the necessary majority existed to establish the letter of amendment to the draft supplementary and amending budget for 1993; and no formal vote was therefore taken.