HC Deb 25 March 2004 vol 419 c939W
Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the systems which are available to(a) control and (b) prevent (i) waste and (ii) fraud within the European Union; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of those procedures. [161698]

Ruth Kelly

[holding answer 25 March 2004]: The Paymaster General made a full statement on these issues on 23 February in the debate in European Standing Committee B on the European Court of Auditors annual report and the Commission's Fight Against Fraud report. A further detailed assessment is provided in the Government's annual White Paper on the EC Budget and measures to counter fraud and financial mismanagement, the latest version of which was published in April 2003 [Cm 5800].