§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the estimates given by every942W other EEC Government to its own people of (a) their increase in EEC budget contributions consequent on the Edinburgh agreement, (b) the payments/gains per capita and (c) whether they will be in surplus or deficit.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmorySo far as we have been able to ascertain, of other member states, only Germany has made public estimates of the impact of the Edinburgh agreement on its EC budget contribution.
Germany Additional gross contributions from implementing Edinburgh, as compared with arrangements in the present own Resources decision Year Billion DM 1995 0.5 1999 3.5 Source:
Estimate published in December 1993.
A list of the factors determining the impact of Edinburgh on member states' contributions was given in my answer to the hon. Member for Moray (Mrs. Ewing) on 24 November at column 353.