The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 9 October in Luxembourg. The items on the agenda are as follows: Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact Ministers will discuss Commission recommendations to abrogate the Excessive Deficit Procedure of the United Kingdom and discuss new recommendations for the...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 9 October in Luxembourg. The items on the agenda are as follows: Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact Ministers will discuss Commission recommendations to abrogate the Excessive Deficit Procedure of the United Kingdom and discuss new recommendations for the...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling) has made the following Written Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 9 October in Luxembourg. The items on the agenda are as follows: Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact Ministers will discuss Commission...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling) has made the following Written Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 9 October in Luxembourg. The items on the agenda are as follows: Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact Ministers will discuss Commission...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 10 July in Brussels. The items on the agenda were as follows: Presidency Work Programme The Portuguese presidency presented its work programme for the next six months. This includes: economic policy, in particular the enlargement of the euro area, the implementation...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 10 July in Brussels. The items on the agenda were as follows: Presidency Work Programme The Portuguese presidency presented its work programme for the next six months. This includes: economic policy, in particular the enlargement of the euro area, the implementation...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling) has made the following Written Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 10 July in Brussels. The items on the agenda were as follows: Presidency Work Programme The Portuguese presidency presented its work programme for the...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling) has made the following Written Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 10 July in Brussels. The items on the agenda were as follows: Presidency Work Programme The Portuguese presidency presented its work programme for the...

asked Her Majesty's Government:What plans they have to respond to the suggestion by French President Sarkozy that the United Kingdom join the European Union single currency.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What plans they have to respond to the suggestion by French President Sarkozy that the United Kingdom join the European Union single currency.

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 10 July in Brussels. The items on the agenda are as follows: Presidency Work Programme The Portuguese presidency will present its work...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Alistair Darling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 10 July in Brussels. The items on the agenda are as follows: Presidency Work Programme The Portuguese presidency will present its work...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 10 July in Brussels. The items on the agenda are as follows: Presidency Work Programme The Portuguese Presidency will present its work programme for the next six months. They are likely to concentrate on an economic policy oriented towards growth...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 10 July in Brussels. The items on the agenda are as follows: Presidency Work Programme The Portuguese Presidency will present its work programme for the next six months. They are likely to concentrate on an economic policy oriented towards growth...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 5 June in Luxembourg. The UK was represented by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury. The items discussed were as follows: Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact: Excessive Deficit Procedures The Commission presented its proposal to abrogate the Excessive Deficit...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 5 June in Luxembourg. The UK was represented by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury. The items discussed were as follows: Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact: Excessive Deficit Procedures The Commission presented its proposal to abrogate the Excessive Deficit...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Gordon Brown) has made the following Written Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Councilwas held on 5 June in Luxembourg. The UK was represented by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Mr Ed Balls. The items discussed were as follows: Implementation...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Gordon Brown) has made the following Written Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Councilwas held on 5 June in Luxembourg. The UK was represented by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Mr Ed Balls. The items discussed were as follows: Implementation...

Whether they have made an estimate of the impact that United Kingdom entry to the euro-zone would have on United Kingdom domestic interest rates.

Whether they have made an estimate of the impact that United Kingdom entry to the euro-zone would have on United Kingdom domestic interest rates.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will open consultations with Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus, recent European Union entrants to the single currency, to ascertain possible advantage which the United Kingdom might gain from early entry; and

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will open consultations with Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus, recent European Union entrants to the single currency, to ascertain possible advantage which the United Kingdom might gain from early entry; and

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Gordon Brown) has made the following Written Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 5 June in Luxembourg. The items on the agenda are as follows. Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact: Excessive Deficit Procedures Ministers...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Gordon Brown) has made the following Written Statement. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 5 June in Luxembourg. The items on the agenda are as follows. Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact: Excessive Deficit Procedures Ministers...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 5 June in Luxembourg. The items on the agenda are as follows: Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact: Excessive Deficit Procedures Ministers will be asked to agree conclusions abrogating the excessive deficit procedures on Malta, Germany and Greece. In...

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held on 5 June in Luxembourg. The items on the agenda are as follows: Implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact: Excessive Deficit Procedures Ministers will be asked to agree conclusions abrogating the excessive deficit procedures on Malta, Germany and Greece. In...

asked Her Majesty's Government:When they expect to join the euro-zone.

asked Her Majesty's Government:When they expect to join the euro-zone.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funds have been spent since 2005 by British embassies to EU countries on (a) events and (b) organisations to support UK strategic priorities pertaining to the Government’s EU policies, with particular reference to (i) the euro and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funds have been spent since 2005 by British embassies to EU countries on (a) events and (b) organisations to support UK strategic priorities pertaining to the Government’s EU policies, with particular reference to (i) the euro and (ii)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer who the members are of the Standing Committee on Euro Preparations; how many times the Committee met in each of the last five years; what the annual administration cost of the Committee was in each of those years; how many civil servants are...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer who the members are of the Standing Committee on Euro Preparations; how many times the Committee met in each of the last five years; what the annual administration cost of the Committee was in each of those years; how many civil servants are...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of preparations for the possibility of joining the European single currency since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of preparations for the possibility of joining the European single currency since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to update the third outline National Changeover Plan, published in 2003.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to update the third outline National Changeover Plan, published in 2003.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2007, Official Report, column 98W, on Economic and Monetary Union, how many people were employed by the Euro Preparations Unit in each year since 1997, broken down by grade.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2007, Official Report, column 98W, on Economic and Monetary Union, how many people were employed by the Euro Preparations Unit in each year since 1997, broken down by grade.