§ Barbara FollettTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will publish the Statement on the 2001 Community Budget. [4779]
§ Ruth KellyI have today laid before Parliament the Statement on the 2001 Community Budget, entitled "European Community Finances". This White Paper is the twenty-first 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 2001 as adopted by the European Parliament, and the United Kingdom's gross and net contributions to the Community Budget between 1996 and 2001.
I have placed copies of the White Paper in the Libraries of the House.