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and by whom any final decision will be made.
Mr. Anthony Royle: Due to the length of a full reply, I will be writing to the hon. Member and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
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ments, members of the European Assembly receive the following travelling and subsistence expenses for attendances at meetings of the Assembly and of its Committee:
Daily subsistence :
2,500 Belgian francs.
Travel expenses for each single journey :
11 Belgian francs for each of the first 400
kilometres ;
3 Belgian francs for each subsequent kilo-
metre.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
European Assembly
(Members' Expenses)
Mr. Kilfedder asked the Lord President of the Council what payment is made each day to hon. Members who attend the European Parliament by way of attendance allowance and travel and sub- sistence expenses.
Mr. Prior: The responsibility for these matters lies with the European Assembly and I am not able to undertake to answer detailed questions about them.
I understand that, in addition to the payment of salary in respect of their membership of their respective Parlia-
NATIONAL FINANCE
Estate Duty
Mr. Peter Rees asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the yield of taxes on property passing on death in countries of the Common Market, includ- ing the United Kingdom, in each of the last five years.
Mr. Nott: For the five years 1967- 1971. the most recent period for which comparable figures are available, the yields were:
United Kingdom*
France
Belgium
Germanyt
Italyt
Netherlandst
Luxembourg
Denmark‡
Ireland §
(£ million)
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
317
374
372
76
107
25
34
24
30
64
75
21
26
0.4
0.5
0.7
8
10
Negerato
378
112
137
32
36
49
75
31
0.6
6
8
ថ្មីៗ១១.
404
112
41
50.
.84
35
0:6
* Includes taxes on gifts made within seven years of death. †Taxes on gifts have been excluded on an estimated basis.
Includes yield of gift taxes.
§ Includes taxes on gifts made within five years of death.
Petrol Duty
Mr. Michael Cocks asked the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer what are the current rates of duty on the different grades of petrol.
Mr. Higgins: All grades of petrol are liable to duty at the rate of 224p per gallon.
Fuel Conservation
Mr. Laurance Reed asked the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer if he will adopt tax policies designed to increase efficiency in the use of energy.
Overseas Loans
Mr. Meacher asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each month since June 1970, what has been the total level of loans outstanding to overseas creditors; what percentage of this total for each month represented loans outstanding, res- pectively, to central Government, local authorities and nationalised industries: and what proportion of these loans were, respectively, short-term, medium-term or long-term.
Mr. Nott: Foreign currency borrowing
Mr. Nott: I have my hon. Friend's by the nationalised industries and local thought very much in mind.
authorities is not official borrowing by
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