HC Deb 21 January 2004 vol 416 c1282W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what quantitative assessment she has made of the likely financial benefit to the least developed countries of the admission by Europe of non-armament imports free of tariffs and quotas. [149133]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

None. The loss of income for the EU budget arising from the special arrangements for Least Developed Countries of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (known as Everything-but-Arms, EBA) has been costed by the European Commission at €239 million in 2001, the first year of the scheme. The loss of income for the previous year, before the special arrangements came into effect, was €190 million.