HC Deb 08 June 1999 vol 332 c287W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which forum European Finance Ministers modified stability pact targets in relation to Italy. [85894]

Ms Hewitt

The 25 May ECOFIN agreed a draft text of the Board Economic Guidelines for Italy which reflects the possibility of lower than forecast growth in 1999 impacting on Italy's deficit.