asked the Minister for Finance if any estimate is available of the probable cost to the Exchequer of the referendum on EEC entry.

The cost in question is estimated at about £140,000.

Will the Parliamentary Secretary give us a breakdown on that —the expenses for referendum day and the expenses involved in the issue of literature by the Minister for Foreign Affairs?

The main expenditure is on the employment of agents.

It does not include the cost of booklet propaganda?

That is not what I have been asked. The figure covers the referendum itself.