asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will tabulate the figures for the years 1978–79 and 1979–80 and those projected for 1980–81 by European Economic Community country of (a) net contribution to the European Economic Community, (b) gross contribution, (c) gross receipts, (d) receipts through the common agricultural policy, (e) gross receipts less common agricultural policy receipts, (f) common agricultural policy receipts as a percentage of gross contribution, (g) what each country's reduced gross contribution would be, or would have been, if the overall common agricultural policy cost were deducted on a pro rata basis rated against each country's gross national product and (h) what each country's net contribution would be or would have been in similar circumstances if there were no common agricultural policy receipts, monetary compensation amounts to be treated as a payment to the originating country.

[pursuant to his reply, 5 February 1980, c. 134–5]: The information in the table below is based on figures from Commission sources, which are only available on a calendar year basis. The figures in lines (g) and (h) respectively in the table do not truly represent what gross and net contributions by member States would be if the costs and benefits from the common agricultural policy were excluded from the EEC budget because these contributions depend on the flow of levies and duties which are independent of the components of the EEC budget.