§ Barbara FollettTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will be publishing the statement on the 2002 Community Budget. [72631]
§ Ruth KellyI have today laid before Parliament the Statement on the 2002 Community Budget, entitled "European Community Finances". This White Paper is the 22nd 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 2002 as adopted by the European Parliament, and details the United Kingdom's gross and net contributions to the Community Budget for calendar years 1996 to 2002 and financial years 1996–97 to 2001–02.
I have placed copies of the White Paper in both Libraries of the House.