§ Mr. ShoreTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is the total British contribution, in ECU and pounds sterling, to the additional Community expenditure programmes authorised at the Edinburgh summit and subsequently to implement the Commission's White Paper, "Growth, Competitiveness, Employment: The Challenges and Ways Forward into the Twenty First Century"; and what expenditures from these funds have been allocated to projects inside the United Kingdom; [5759]
(2) over what time scale the additional Community expenditure, authorised at the Edinburgh summit and subsequently to implement the Commissions White Paper. "Growth, Competitiveness, Employment: The Challenges and Ways Forward into the Twenty First Century", is to be spent; [5760]
(3) what additional expenditure by the European Community, in billions of ecu and pounds sterling, were authorised at the Edinburgh summit and subsequently to implement the Commissions White Paper, "Growth, Competitiveness, Employment: The Challenges and Ways Forward into the Twenty First Century"; and how much of this total sum is to be spent through (a) the European Investment bank, (b) the European Investment Fund and (c) other Community expenditure programmes. [5761]
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryThe objectives set out in the European Commission's White Paper, "Growth, Competitiveness and Employment: The Challenges and Ways Forward into the Twenty First Century" are reflected wholly or in part in a range of European Community expenditure programmes and other actions. It is not possible, however, to break down this expenditure into that which funds implementation of the White Paper and that which does not.