22 APRIL 1989, Page 22

Community fraud

Sir: Your perceptive article on fraud in the European Community ('Conquering the fraud mountain', 8 April) made informa- tive reading even for those closely follow- ing this particular issue. But I sadly missed any (even passing) mention of the Euro- pean Parliament's activity over the years in exposing the issue to public scrutiny. The Court of Auditors' reports, for example, are regularly debated in Strasbourg, and have been for the last ten years. Indeed it was the Parliament that called for the setting up of a European Court of Auditors in the first place, the same year that Britain joined the Community.

Martyn Bond

Head of Office, European Parliament Information Office, 2 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1