EU Preliminary Draft Budget (Hansard, 24 July 2000)

Lord Bruce of Donington
asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, in respect of the EU Document Preliminary Draft Budget 2001, Volume 0, General Introduction (Provisional version—May 2000), they will issue an amendment to their Explanatory Memorandum of 3 July (Glossary) setting out a detailed commentary on, and explanation of, the textual introduction at page 3 of the Budget, and, in particular, the following terms:

(a) "Activity-based Budgeting (ABB)";

(b) "Activity-based Management";

(c) "top-down budgeting";

(d) "quantitative guidelines";
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(e) "the Commission's twenty-nine policy areas";

(f) "priorities expressed by Parliament";

(g) "the employment proposal linked to the new economy";

(h) "overview of all the various resources"; and

(i) "major exercise of matching human resources to activities"; and their collective interpretations. [HL3277]

§ Lord McIntosh of Haringey
The Glossary submitted with the Explanatory Memorandum on the Preliminary Draft Budget 2001, (Volume 0—Provisional version), is intended as a general guide to annual EU Budget terms only.
Details of the Commission's plans for reform of the budgetary process were included in COM (2000) 200, "White Paper on Reforming the Commission and Action Plan for Reforming the Commission". which was the subject of an Explanatory Memorandum submitted by the Foreign Office on 28 March 2000.

Lord Bruce of Donington
asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will indicate what arrangements have been made, or will be made, for consideration to be given by each House of Parliament to the EU Document Preliminary Draft Budget 2001, together with the Explanatory Memorandum thereon; the Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee B thereon (No. 21337); and their answer to HL 3277. [HL3278]

§ Lord McIntosh of Haringey
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury has deposited Explanatory Memoranda in Parliament on the EU Documents Nos. COM(2000) 300, the Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) 2001 (Volumes 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8), and the Commission's Overview of the PDB (Provisional Volume 0), on 10 July and on 27 June respectively.
In addition, the House of Commons European Standing Committee B debated these documents and the Government's efforts to maintain budget discipline in the Community, on Wednesday 12 July. The Economic Secretary was present for the Government.