2000 Community Budget

HC Deb 27 July 2000 vol 354 c877W

Mrs. Lawrence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will publish the statement on the 2000 Community Budget. [132686]

Miss Melanie Johnson

I have today laid before Parliament the Statement on the 2000 Community Budget, entitled "European Community Finances". This White Paper is the twentieth in the series. As in the past, it covers annual budgetary matters and includes details of recent developments in European Community financial management and in countering fraud against the Community Budget. It also describes the Community Budget for 2000 as adopted by the European Parliament, and the United Kingdom's contributions to the Community Budget between 1995 and 2000.